[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 4 (Saturday, January 6, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H30-H31]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




VOICING OBJECTION TO TALLY ON PREMISE OF SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH THAT WE ALL 
                           ARE CREATED EQUAL

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Alexander Hamilton said the 
sacred rights of mankind can never be erased or obscured by mortal 
power. Today is a solemn day, a day to affirm the votes of the American 
people; yet thousands of Americans' votes were not counted.

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  I went to Florida and saw thousands of Floridian votes thrown out. 
After marches in Selma, Alabama and a dream that was enunciated at the 
Lincoln Memorial, it is imperative that the self-evident truth is that 
every vote must count.

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  Therefore, at the tallying of the electoral votes, the voice of the 
voiceless will be heard as I intend to make a formal objection to the 
tally on the premise of the self-evident truth that we all are created 
equal.
  I will formally object to the electoral votes of the State of 
Florida, for the Supreme Court's decision must not substitute for the 
will of the people. I do believe, as the Declaration of Independence 
has said, we all are created equal with certain inalienable rights of 
life, liberty, and, of course, freedom and justice, as I paraphrase.

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