Chris Ward said "I must say, I am moved. The gentleman from New York quotes a pundit, saying this is the most significant Congress. It reminds me of going to visit friends who have had new babies and saying, that is some baby. This is a significant Congress. It is significant in that we are being asked today to waive rules, to impose martial law. Does not the word ``martial'' get your attention when you hear about this? It gets my attention, because what it tells me is that we do not want to slow down this process to allow people to listen. What do we not want to let people listen to? We do not want to let people listen to our rebuttal of what the Speaker has been saying on television lately. What I have been hearing him say, and it annoyed me to death, just last week I heard him say, I have been exonerated by the Ethics Committee. We do not know. We do know he was found quilty, guilty, guilty, guilty." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 24, 1996

I must say, I am moved. The gentleman from New York quotes a pundit, saying this is the most significant Congress. It reminds me of going to visit friends who have had new babies and saying, that is some baby. This is a significant Congress. It is significant in that we are being asked today to waive rules, to impose martial law. Does not the word ``martial'' get your attention when you hear about this? It gets my attention, because what it tells me is that we do not want to slow down this process to allow people to listen. What do we not want to let people listen to? We do not want to let people listen to our rebuttal of what the Speaker has been saying on television lately. What I have been hearing him say, and it annoyed me to death, just last week I heard him say, I have been exonerated by the Ethics Committee. We do not know. We do know he was found quilty, guilty, guilty, guilty.

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Chris Ward

Labour Party

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the significance of Congress and criticizing the Speaker's claims of exoneration.

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