[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 12 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NO MEMBER IS ABOVE CRITICISM

  (Ms. WATERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, this morning I awakened to a national news 
report that a Republican chairman of a major committee has threatened 
the President of the United States of America. That chairman, Chairman 
Leach, threatened that Republicans will withdraw their support for the 
bipartisan provision to bail out the peso in Mexico if Democratic 
Members do not stop criticizing the Speaker.
  No Member is beyond criticism. No Member should be placed in a 
special position where we cannot unveil to the American public what we 
think is going on. The truth must be unveiled. Instead of threatening 
us, we need an independent investigation.

                          ____________________