[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 URGING MEMBERS TO JOIN IN CALLING FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE 
                  ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SPEAKER GINGRICH

  (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, last year Members of the present majority 
complained about the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Fiske. 
They claimed that Fiske was a friend of the White House and that his 
investigation of Whitewater was not going far enough.
  I ask the Members of the House to consider these facts. The current 
chairman of the House Ethics Committee cast the deciding vote for the 
Speaker in the 1989 whip's race. The chairman of the Ethics Committee 
seconded the nomination for Speaker this year. The chairman of our 
Ethics Committee last year tried to help our current Speaker by closing 
the pending Ethics Committee complaint against him.
  Two other majority members of the House Ethics Committee have had 
personal dealings with the personal PAC of the Speaker, GOPAC, one of 
them as a contributor, and another as a recipient for his reelection.
  Given these facts, I am sure those who call for a replacement of 
Special Counsel Fiske will now join me in calling for a special counsel 
to investigate the allegations against Speaker Gingrich, and it should 
not take 100 days.

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