Frank Riggs: “Mr. Chairman I yield myself 1\1/2\ minutes to respond to the last speaker. The gentleman should not be throwing stones…”

“Mr. Chairman I yield myself 1\1/2\ minutes to respond to the last speaker. The gentleman should not be throwing stones in his glass house. If we are going to examine our own internal practices in the United States House of Representatives, perhaps we could look at 40 years of control by the Democratic Party of this institution; how many female Members of Congress currently hold places in the Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives, versus the example that we have tried to set for America by advancing female Members in our ranks. But I want to specifically go to the comment of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Edwards). He said if one person, one person could convince him that affirmative action, racial preferences in colleges admissions is wrong, that he might reconsider and vote for my amendment. {time} 2000 Well, let me suggest to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Edwards) that that one person is none other than the Attorney General of the State of Texas, the top Democrat.”