[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1295]
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        CALLING FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO HELP THE ETHICS COMMITTEE

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, on May 26, 1988, a Member of this House said: 
``I believe that honesty and accountability lie at the heart of self-
government and freedom. Without integrity, our free institutions cannot 
survive.'' I could not agree more.
  Mr. Speaker, on that same day, that same Member said: ``Recently the 
weight of evidence has grown so large that Common Cause has called for 
an investigation.'' That Member was Newt Gingrich. While Speaker 
Gingrich and I may not agree on much in the 104th Congress, I certainly 
agree with what he said then.
  I join Common Cause in calling for an outside ethics adviser to help 
the Ethics Committee.
  As Speaker Gingrich said in 1988: ``I think there is a different 
standard for being Speaker.'' I agree.
  As the Speaker himself said, we need an outside counsel.
  

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