[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         THE SPEAKER AND ETHICS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, we learned this week that Speaker Gingrich 
failed to disclose GOPAC's involvement in his college course when he 
asked for Ethics Committee approval.
  Mr. Gingrich's spokesman said that GOPAC's involvement was 
irrelevant. But that is not what Mr. Gingrich's colleagues at Kennesaw 
State College were saying.
  In a letter to Kennesaw president Betty Siegel, Robert W. Hill, the 
chair of the English department, put it best:

       Because of Mr. Gingrich's congressional incumbency and 
     because of his direct statements against inviting opposing 
     viewpoints into his course and now with the evidence of 
     GOPAC's direct and improper involvement, I do firmly object 
     to its bearing academic credit.

  Mr. Speaker, GOPAC's involvement in Mr. Gingrich's college course 
appears to be in violation of the ethics rules and tax laws and 
underscores the need for an outside counsel to investigate this mess.

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