[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SUPPORT URGED FOR LOBBYIST GIFT BAN

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks and include extraneous 
material.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, Democrats were proud to join Republicans 
yesterday in passing many necessary procedural reforms. Those reforms 
continue the work begun by Democrats to make the House more accountable 
to the people. But, Republicans failed to act on the most important 
reform, the one central to our ability to restore faith in Government--
the ban on gifts from lobbyists.
  The American people are fed up with a Congress bought and paid for by 
the special interests. Perks and privileges betray the public trust. 
Until Democrats and Republicans unite to end the corrupting influence 
of the moneyed interests on this body, we have failed to deliver the 
change that the American people have demanded.
  So I ask my Republican counterparts to join Democrats in telling the 
influence peddlers that this House is not for sale--not for the price 
of a free meal; not for the price of a junket to a tropical island; not 
for sale at any price. Let us pass the gift ban and begin restoring the 
People's House to the people.

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