Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I would like to talk about something that really has not been talked about by…”

“Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I would like to talk about something that really has not been talked about by very many people in this debate. Unfortunately, it is because not very many people in this body have had the experience that I have. I am very glad that not many people in this body have ever known the horrors of malicious prosecution. When I came back from an ordeal that was the worst of life's experiences, people said, ``Make a personal privilege speech. Talk about it.'' I said, ``No, there is no need to talk about it. It is behind me. There is nothing good that can come from it.'' So I really did not say much. But I am standing here today because the underlying bill, if it passes without the McConnell-Johnston substitute, will allow what happened to me to happen to others--in fact, it will encourage it. I do not want that to happen to a Democrat or a Republican ever again in this country. I can honestly say that I have been through the worst that our political system has to offer, and I stood, and I took it. I stood strong for several reasons, because when you are attacked you do it for several reasons. You do it for your personal integrity, first. But you also do it for a bigger cause. The bigger cause is so that other potentially malicious district attorneys around this country will not think that they can change the results of an election by harassing someone in public service.”