[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   BREAKING THE PUBLIC TRUST--MAKING MONEY IN THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans won the elections 
last November and they promised no more business as usual, and were 
they ever right. The ethical standards that have been adopted by the 
Republicans in this House are at the lowest level I have ever seen.
  Lobbyists writing legislation, Members letting outside groups send 
out partisan political mailings on their office stationary and, of 
course, at the center of it all, the Speaker of the House and his 
infamous book deal.
  Now, in the latest chapter, the Speaker has ignored the ethics 
committee and signed his contract with Rupert Murdoch. He has even 
launched a nationwide book tour. This, despite saying he would wait for 
the ethics committee to approve the deal, which they have not.
  They cut school lunches, they cut Medicare, they cut students' 
college loans, while the Speaker joins the club of millionaires.
  For Republicans, it is no more business as usual, it is time for 
making money.


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