[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            THE MEXICAN BAILOUT: VOTE FOR THE RIGHT TO KNOW

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, today the House will vote on House 
Resolution 57, a privileged resolution to assert Congress' 
constitutional duty to vote on the expenditure of our taxpayer dollars 
regarding the recent Mexico rescue package. The resolution will require 
the Comptroller General to perform an audit of the Mexican rescue 
package and report back to the Congress within 7 days.
  One man in the White House, one Speaker and three other men here in 
Congress do not a republic make.
  We ask the Speaker to grant our privileged resolution the right of 
full debate.
  Authorizing billions of dollars without a vote of this Congress is 
wrong. Vote for your right to know. Vote for our people's right to 
know, vote for our taxpayers' right to know, vote for House Resolution 
57, and vote ``no'' on any motions to table this bill.

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