[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               IT IS PAST TIME FOR AN AUDIT OF THE HOUSE

  (Mr. BROWNBACK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. Speaker, what a great day it was for America 
yesterday, and for this farmboy from Parker, KS. We put in place a 
number of reform initiatives that needed to take place. I was delighted 
to carry the bill to do a complete audit of the House of 
Representatives. It passed, 430 to 1. I say that is unanimous 
bipartisan support. I am going to look for the one guy that did not 
agree to vote for this particular bill.
  One other thing that I was amazed and very saddened and mad about was 
the fact that this institution has never been audited before. Can 
Members imagine any business, any not-for-profit entity, any agency 
that has never been audited?
  In the history of this institution it has not been done, not in the 
past 40 years, not in the past 50 years, not in the past 5 years.
  What is going to happen? We are going to make this place accountable 
to the American people, and we are going to tell the American people 
how the assets have been used and where the dollars have been spent. So 
keep watching as we reveal and we open the doors to the people's House.


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