[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H11854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     QUESTION OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

  Mr. STARK. Madam Speaker, I rise to a question of personal privilege.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DeGette). The gentleman has apprised the 
Chair of media accounts that give rise to a question of personal 
privilege under rule IX.
  The gentleman from California is recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. STARK. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. STARK asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. STARK. I thank the Speaker.
  In a very serious note, and I won't take the hour, I want to 
apologize to, first of all, my colleagues, many of whom I have 
offended, to the President, to his family, to the troops that may have 
found in my remarks, as were suggested in the motion that we just voted 
on, and I do apologize.
  For this reason, I think that we have a serious issue before us, the 
issue of providing medical care to children, the issue of what we do 
about a war that we are divided about how to end.
  I hope that with this apology, I will become as insignificant as I 
should be and that we can return to the issues that do divide us, but 
that we can resolve in a better fashion.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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