Lawmaker faces heat for remark

From the Washington Times - Already locked in a tight re-election race, Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski did not help his cause after Republicans jumped on his offhand comment this week implying minorities are not "good American people." Conservative websites promptly highlighted the lawmaker's remarks Wednesday at a Capitol Hill negotiating session over a new financial reform bill, recorded by the C-SPAN cameras and viewable on YouTube. Trying to argue the reform bill will help a broad number of people struggling in today's economy, Mr. Kanjorski remarked, "We're giving relief to people that I deal with in my office every day now, unfortunately." Read more
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