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On the recordNovember 5, 1997
Yet after one year and almost a half a million dollars of taxpayers' money being spent on an investigation, we have nothing to show for it of any concrete evidence, just a lot of hyperbole at this point. The question that I have for the other side of the aisle is that if, in fact, there are 1000 people who chose to vote who should not have voted in this election, they did not just vote for a Congresswoman or vote for the Congressman at that time. They voted for local officials. They voted for a State rep. They voted for a State Senator. They voted for local ballot initiatives. Why is it that the only question, the only challenge, the only investigation is on the only Hispanic woman sitting here, Ms. Sanchez? What about those other seats? What about challenging those other kinds of races? We do not hear anything about that. We hear only about harassment of a woman who is serving her district well. It is time to stop it.
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

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Addressing the investigation into election irregularities related to Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez.

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