On the recordMay 1, 1996
And questioning my motives or my intent, it has gone beyond the pale. It has gotten out of the debate and gotten into the negative politics, is my point. If we could all, I hope every day, listen to the speeches on the floor of the House and all of us start thinking, is that really a debate over the idea? Or is that a debate challenging the motives or the intentions of the individual? And every time you find that difference, kind of go up to that individual and say as a friend, as a colleague, ``Maybe you stepped over the line. You went too far. Go back to debate the idea, please. That person over there got elected just like you, by people just like your people back home, who love this country and sent you over here to do a good, honest day's work in debating ideas, not challenging people's intentions and motives.''
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