[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 27 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     APPOINT AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL

  (Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, today marks the third full week since the 
naming of the House Ethics Committee. As of now the committee has not 
discussed any of the very important issues before them involving our 
Speaker.
  Mr. Speaker, there is a cloud hovering over the Capitol, a very dark 
cloud that will not go away until many questions are answered. As each 
day passes, this cloud grows larger and darker with new questions of 
ethics violations.
  It should not take 100 days for the Ethics Committee to act. In fact 
it should not take them long at all to decide that an independent 
counsel is the only way these questions involving our Speaker can be 
answered.
  If there is nothing to hide, let the independent counsel begin 
immediately. Only an independent counsel can remove this dark cloud 
over this great House of Representatives.


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