[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SUPPORT FOR HONDURAS

  (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. Madam Speaker, I had the 
privilege a few moments ago to meet with three members of the Honduran 
Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Having the opportunity to speak with them, 
to ask them questions, and to match their words against the words of 
their Constitution just affirms in my mind the fact that the Honduran 
people need to be respected, as does their Constitution.
  When the people of Honduras, through their elected representatives, 
follow their Constitution, we should applaud, not decry it. When they 
have a system of laws based on their Constitution which allows free and 
open elections, we ought to do everything we can to support them rather 
than condemn them.
  It is strange in this world, as we are looking at the possibilities, 
however fragile they might be, of elections in some other areas of the 
world, that the Honduran people stand ready to hold their elections 
pursuant to their Constitution. The United States Government, the 
United States State Department, and the people of the United States 
ought to respect that rather than criticize that.
  Let us stand up for the Constitution not only in this country, but 
the valid constitutions of other countries.

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