NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Indeed, as my colleague from Virginia accurately points out, in having lived through the experience firsthand in 1996…”

“Indeed, as my colleague from Virginia accurately points out, in having lived through the experience firsthand in 1996, as the number one target of boss John Sweeney and the other union bosses of the AFL-CIO, who took from their membership compulsory union dues used for the committee on political education, I can tell you, one of the real tragedies from my vantage point was not the give and take and the rough and tumble of public discourse because, as Abraham Lincoln said, the American people, once fully informed, will make the right decision. And I trust the people. No, the tragedy was this, Mr. Speaker, that that longshoreman in Maryland, or that lettuce picker in California or that assembly line worker in Michigan who knew nothing of the political dynamics of the sixth district of Arizona, who had no direct stake in the political expression of the people of the sixth district of Arizona, yet found their wages against their will imported to the State of Arizona to the tune of $2.1 million for false television ads distorting my record.”