[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 TIME FOR FULL DISCLOSURE OF BOOK DEAL

  (Mr. DURBIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. Speaker, this morning's Wall Street Journal discloses 
that the conservative Heritage Foundation is holding a closed-door, 
Republicans-only meeting to discuss changes in Federal 
telecommunications policy, changes involving billions of dollars.
  The list of participants include Chairman Rupert Murdoch, owner of 
the same publishing company that has offered the Speaker a 
multimillion-dollar book contract.
  Mr. Speaker, this closed-door meeting and the special interests 
attending it make it clear why your multimillion-dollar book deal is an 
issue which will not go away. It is time for at least full disclosure 
of your book deal, and as painful as it may be, it is time to realize 
good government may require you, Mr. Speaker, to end this book deal 
once and for all.


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