Victor Fazio: “reclaiming my time, it is time for this charade to end. Three hundred thousand dollars of the taxpayers' money has been…”

“reclaiming my time, it is time for this charade to end. Three hundred thousand dollars of the taxpayers' money has been spent, 10 months have gone by, and despite an incredibly long discovery phase, this committee has yet failed to produce any evidence to resolve this so-called contested election. Despite unprecedented carte blanche investigative power given to the Committee on House Oversight and despite Bob Dornan's escapades, whether they be on this floor or on the Rush Limbaugh show, the vote count remains the same. Nevertheless, before us there is another puff of smoke just to prolong this investigation. This time it is a resolution that does nothing. It has no weight of law. We have all agreed to that. In fact, it is just another chapter in what is a never-ending saga designed to drain and assail the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez, a woman whose election was certified by the California Secretary of State on December 9 of last year. Mr. Speaker, someone watching this debate tonight could easily conclude that our Republican friends are going after this seat because it is held by a Latino woman in a district with a sizeable Hispanic population. Kick up enough dust and maybe, just maybe, those voters will not show up at the polls again. Do not count on it.”