[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 18 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                PLEDGE TO ACCEPT NO GIFTS FROM LOBBYISTS

  (Mr. MASCARA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MASCARA. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today to urge my colleagues to 
take a pledge to accept no gifts from lobbyists and to quickly pass 
legislation making such a ban the law of the land. The American people 
are demanding that we break all ties with special interest lobbyists.
  The first day of this session I voted with my Democratic colleagues 
to impose tough gift restrictions. Not one of my colleagues on the 
other side of the aisle voted for this measure. The President has asked 
us to voluntarily implement a gift ban. I have taken that pledge and 
ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join with me in the 
gift ban pledge.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people expect no less from us. Let us band 
together, both Democrats and Republicans, and pass the gift ban now.

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