[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H9727-H9728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               PINOCCHIO

  (Ms. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, there is a children's story that is 
instructive in these critical days. It goes something like this: There 
was once a little boy who lived in a little white house. His name was 
Pinocchio. Pinocchio was a wooden puppet who came to life and had many 
unhappy adventures because he was very selfish. Pinocchio had trouble 
with telling the truth.
  Whenever Pinocchio told a lie, his nose grew longer. Once, when he 
told several lies, his nose became so long he could not even get out of 
his little white house. I wonder, Mr. Speaker, how long his nose could 
get with 7 months of not telling the truth.
  Like Pinocchio, some people today have a problem with telling the 
truth.

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 In the end, Pinocchio became a real boy, and he did the honorable 
thing; he told the truth. I wish certain people today would learn the 
same lesson, those in the big White House.

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