I believe that we send the wrong message to Saddam Hussein, to the British, to the Chinese and to the Russians, to be on the floor of this House today, when we could be here Sunday or Monday or Tuesday.
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the gentleman from Illinois to the Committee on the Judiciary with the instruction that the committee immediately report back that resolution to the House with instructions that it contain our Democratic alternative.
Members of this Committee know the story of how Congressman Henry Hyde changed his mind when the 1982 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act was in play by virtue of the facts and the testimony that he saw.
I believe the President's behavior warrants a tough censure, but the leadership of this House, in a deliberate and cynical and partisan maneuver, has refused to allow Members of Congress to even consider a censure resolution.
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