[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 10, 1994]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, I was not present for the vote 
on the final passage of H.R. 811, the reauthorization of the 
independent counsel, because I was unaware that this was a 5-minute 
vote. Had I been present I would have voted ``no.'' Although I strongly 
support reauthorizing an independent counsel as proposed by Congressman 
Hyde, I felt that the independent counsel reauthorization under H.R. 
811 was severely flawed: The bill did not mandatorily apply to Members 
of Congress; it left the door open for another Lawrence Walsh debacle; 
and it did nothing to prevent the unrestrained spending of taxpayer 
dollars.

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