[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 450 Agreed to House (ATH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 450

 To provide that the House make public in printed form all transcripts 
 and other relevant documents from any House Administration Committee 
      investigation of the House Post Office as soon as possible.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1994

Mr. Michel submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To provide that the House make public in printed form all transcripts 
 and other relevant documents from any House Administration Committee 
      investigation of the House Post Office as soon as possible.

Whereas, on July 22, 1992, the House of Representatives voted to transmit to the 
        Committee on Standards of Official Conduct the committee report and all 
        records obtained by the Task Force to Investigate the Operation and 
        Management of the House Post Office;
Whereas the report of the Committee on House Administration selectively included 
        portions of the transcript of the proceedings of the task force in the 
        appendix of their report;
Whereas efforts in the 102d Congress to release the full transcript of the task 
        force were defeated in the House on July 22, 1992, and July 23, 1992, 
        and again on July 22, 1993;
Whereas the former Postmaster of the House of Representatives, Robert V. Rota, 
        from 1978 continuing until April 1992 has admitted to conspiring with 
        other persons to commit offenses against the United States;
Whereas the former Postmaster has pled guilty to making false statements to the 
        task force and during interviews with United States Postal Inspectors 
        and the congressional committee investigating the House post office;
Whereas the former Postmaster admitted to engaging in a coverup of the exchange 
        of vouchers and postage stamps for cash beginning in May 1980 and 
        continuing throughout the House investigation of the post office;
Whereas the integrity of the House of Representatives has been impugned by the 
        actions of Mr. Rota and others;
Whereas, on July 23, 1993, the House approved a privileged resolution offered by 
        the majority leader that stated: ``That it is the sense of the House 
        that should the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia at 
        any time inform the House that he has no objection to the public release 
        of the transcripts of proceedings of the former Task Force, then the 
        House shall consider immediately the question of whether and under what 
        circumstances the transcripts of proceedings of the former task force 
        should be released to the public.''; and
Whereas the United States attorney for the District of Columbia has indicated in 
        a letter to the Speaker and the minority leader that ``in light of 
        recent action by the grand jury in the criminal investigation, this 
        Office no longer objects to the public release of the materials in 
        question.'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House make public in printed form all 
transcripts and other relevant documents from any House Administration 
committee investigation of the House Post Office as soon as possible.
    Resolved further, That the majority and minority leader shall each 
designate a Member to review the materials and that these materials 
shall be made public unless the designees agree to the contrary.

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