[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 9 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         JUDGE ALBERTO GONZALES

  (Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the attempts to 
delay and derail the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney 
General of the United States are wrong and objectionable.
  This is the fifth time that President Bush has asked Alberto Gonzales 
to serve his country. As counsel to the President, as chief advisor to 
then Governor Bush, as a Texas Supreme Court justice, as Texas 
Secretary of State, Alberto Gonzales has always served his Governor, 
his President and his country with honor, integrity and distinction.
  This man of humble beginnings who has achieved so much personifies 
the American dream. Hispanics throughout America are proud of him, as 
all Americans will be of our next Attorney General. Enough obstruction 
rooted in petty partisanship. It is time for the Senate to confirm 
Alberto Gonzales as United States Attorney General.

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