[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 159 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H8895-H8896]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SOUL OF OUR COUNTRY IS IN JEOPARDY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, the soul of our country is in jeopardy and in 
question. It couldn't be more directly seen than in the Senate on 
Thursday with the hearings for Judge Kavanaugh.
  The two most pressing issues that will be heard are the #MeToo 
movement and respect for women and their safety from sexual assault, 
and the

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truth and whether or not the truth is something that matters to people 
anymore or whether it is just spinning lies to get ratings.
  The man who has been nominated to the Supreme Court went on FOX News 
and said he didn't drink illegally when he was 18 years old. Well, he 
did. The drinking age was 21.
  The lady who accuses him has passed a lie detector test administered 
by a former FBI agent and has told more than four or five different 
people about this incident over the last 6 years, which has been very 
difficult for her. She should be given respect, and there should be an 
attempt to find the truth.
  But the third person in that incident has not been subpoenaed by the 
Senate, because they don't want to know the truth. They fear the truth. 
They are keeping the truth from the American people, and they are 
failing in respecting women.

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