Robert Dornan: “having fenced briefly in my youth, and it is an elegant sport, the one thing I do remember is the gentlemanly or…”

“having fenced briefly in my youth, and it is an elegant sport, the one thing I do remember is the gentlemanly or ladylike challenge at the beginning, ``En garde,'' I would say to my friends in this House who want these surveys. This is simply an attempt to end the surveys at the Federal level totally. So I am saying, En garde, and I do want to get a vote on this and will proceed, I hope, to a good discussion under this open rule. Mr. Chairman, H.R. 1271 just strengthened somewhat by two simple words, ``Written consent,'' is still, I believe, not the way this newly constituted Congress as of November 8 wants go. Even with the written consent, it requires that Federal funds be spent on surveys aimed at several unique categories. We have strengthened parental consent somewhat. Parental political affiliations or beliefs, I do not believe that is what they are really after. Mental or psychological problems, not much drive to get these facts down. Sexual behavior or attitudes; that is the main impetus behind almost all of these surveys. Illegal, antisocial, or self-incriminating behavior, that really turns off an overwhelming majority of the Members on both sides of the aisle. But that is not really what they are after.…”