it is my sincere belief that at the end of the day we will all be reading from the same page. In order for us to really resolve this issue, truth has to prevail. I suggest to the majority that we will be referring to the timing of the telephone calls, which is recorded. No one is going to dispute in this House that the police were called and they arrived in the library prior to the time that the gentleman from California (Mr. Stark) and members of the majority had any problem. I repeat, the police were called and arrived, and I am referring to the time clock and the record. So that is all I have to say about this. Whether they should have been called and they were not called to stop any disturbance, they were called to get us out of that room.
Charles Rangel: “it is my sincere belief that at the end of the day we will all be reading from the same page. In order for us to really…”
On the recordJuly 18, 2003
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Discussing the timing of police calls during a House debate.
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