[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            OUTSIDE COUNSEL NEEDED IN SPEAKER'S ETHICS CASE

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply disappointed that the House 
Ethics Committee has refused to hire an outside counsel to investigate 
the five ethics charges against the Speaker. Without an outside 
counsel, the ethics charges will have to be investigated by House 
Members. That means we will have politicians investigating politicians.
  Being a former law enforcement officer, I believe, and I have always 
voted, that professional law enforcement officials should do 
investigations of other Members of this House, not politicians. Five 
dark clouds of doubt hang over this Chamber. Let us have a special 
outside counsel to investigate the ethics charges hanging over the 
Speaker.
  Mr. Speaker, we need an outside counsel to do a professional 
investigation, not politicians. Let us remove the five dark clouds of 
doubt and appoint a special outside counsel now.


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