[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 8, 1994]
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   INTRODUCTION OF A HOUSE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE

  (Mr. REYNOLDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. REYNOLDS. Madam Speaker, today I rise to announce the 
introduction of a House resolution which will end the current wave of 
hypocrisy advanced by some Members on the other side of the aisle 
concerning the ethics of one party over another.
  The resolution I introduce today will amend House rules to require 
that any Member of the House who is a chairman or ranking minority 
party member of a committee or subcommittee, and currently under 
indictment for a felony, must temporarily step aside from that post 
unless and until the charges are dismissed or reduced to less than a 
felony.
  Adoption of this resolution will end the hypocrisy of some decrying 
the supposed ethical shortcomings of one party, while guarding their 
own ethical loophole.
  The American people must know that the two parties in Congress have 
different standards of conduct. This resolution will end the double 
standard.

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