COMMUNICATION (FOR THE RECORD).  U.S. Congressmen are allowed to
revise for    
posterity what they say in debate.  One congressman exploded to a
       
colleague: "What did you say? You are trying to cut me off? You had
better     
not do that, ma'am. You will regret that as long as you live!"
Revised for    
the Congressional Record his remarks read: "I will say to the gentle
lady,     
for whom I have the greatest respect, I would hope that she or any
other       
member not try to cut off another member when a serious matter like
this is    
trying to be resolved here in the proper House." (Atlanta Constitution
       
1/11/94 A7)