Comatose Press Corps

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Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, when Congress is in session, there are always interesting articles in the paper that I think demand a little bit more attention.

Over the weekend, or late last week, there was an article that said that the United Kingdom, in a few years, is going to begin having 16- year-olds vote. Since frequently problems in America happen in Great Britain first, I think it is something we should pay a great deal of attention to.

About 6 years ago, in this body, an amendment was offered allowing 16-year-olds to vote in Federal elections. Well over half the Democrats voted in favor of 16-year-olds. Why would one want to do that?

Mr. Speaker, 16-year-olds have nowhere near the wisdom and experience to make decisions as to who to vote for in elections. The only way you would want to do it is if you want to manipulate these young minds in the schools across the country.

I, like I think many other people, would have voted entirely differently when I was 16 than when I was 26.

We have to be on the alert, and our comatose press corps should be asking the Democrats now where they stand on the 16-year-old voting age.

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