[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 67 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           DEMOCRATIC WOMEN UNITED AGAINST GOP ABUSE OF POWER

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to denounce the Republican abuse 
of power. Right now, the Senate Republicans are trying to jam through 
judicial nominations that will hurt the American people, as well as 
women.
  Specifically, I am extremely concerned about the nomination of Janice 
Rogers Brown from California. Her views are out of the mainstream and 
out of touch with American values, and this is why: she was the only 
member of the California Supreme Court to find that a jury should not 
hear expert testimony in a domestic violence case about Battered Women 
Syndrome. Janice Rogers Brown was the only member of the court to 
oppose an effort to stop the sale of cigarettes to children. She even 
said that a manager could use racial slurs against his Latino 
employees.
  Her record is clear. She does not protect the rights of workers, 
women, or minorities. She is so far out of the mainstream that she, in 
my opinion, is viewed as extreme. We cannot allow the Senate 
Republicans to abuse their power to jam through such extreme judicial 
appointments.
  Our current and effective system of checks and balances protects our 
judicial branch. The American public must be shielded from individuals 
like her.

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