[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 99 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H4163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WHAT CHANGES HAVE REALLY OCCURRED?

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Chairman, I come here today because when I was 6 
years old, in 1968, I saw the hate-filled work of the civil rights 
movement, of laws that needed to be changed. And now I'm here with an 
opportunity to be here in Congress, and I kind of wonder what changes 
have really occurred.
  I see today that Chief Justice Roberts stood, and he did the right 
thing because he ruled on behalf of the American people. And I will say 
that this motion that's going to come forward will not have bipartisan 
support of this Member because it's not done in a bipartisan manner. 
It's done in a hateful manner.
  And why?
  Because we have an Attorney General where this has never been done--
we need to stress that again--never been done in this Congress, where 
materials have been provided, and where this committee has failed to 
accept a single witness requested by the other side. That's not 
bipartisanship. That's politics at its worst.
  I urge the American people to look and to urge us to get back to work 
and do what you sent us here to do, which is to take care of you.

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