[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           WHERE IS THE BEEF?

  (Mr. LIVINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I have come late to this debacle on the 
floor today, but I cannot resist commenting on the irony of the concern 
about the much-vaunted Speaker's nonbook deal.
  Now, find me one American citizen who has turned down $4.5 or $3 
million, perhaps, or even $1 million when they might have gotten such a 
good deal. The fact is Speaker Gingrich turned it down, and yet to 
avoid confronting the issues important to the American people that they 
voted for in the last election, the minority party--excuse me, the 
minority party--has now said that this is the most important thing that 
must be discussed. No comment about Speaker Wright's problems with his 
sales of his book to lobbyists; no comment about the Vice President's 
very lucrative book deal, but let us concentrate on this that is a 
nonbook deal. There has been no money here.
  Where is the beef, folks? Get real.

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