[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 140 (Thursday, October 1, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H10437]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          POLANSKI EXTRADITION

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, the laws of the 
United States should stand for all. No one is above the law, whether it 
is the criminal laws or the extradition laws. That's why I ponder why 
some of the elites in Hollywood are now telling us that Roman Polanski 
should not be subject to the laws of the United States, the State of 
California or the international law that recognizes extradition.
  What is it that suggests that fame excuses criminal conduct? What is 
it that allows some people in our society to say that a rape is not 
really a rape, or to suggest that because someone is a great film 
director that therefore they ought not to be brought to the bar of 
justice?
  Thirty some years ago in the State of California, a crime was 
committed. Thirty years ago, someone admitted to that crime, and 30 
some years ago, that person did not show up when his sentence was to be 
given to him. And now it is time for the laws of the State of 
California and the United States and international law to be followed.
  Mr. Polanski should come home, and he should meet his justice.

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