[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6165]
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                    HOUSE NEEDS GIFT BAN LEGISLATION

  (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 continue to have ample opportunity in 
this body to close down the influence of the special interests, 
including one that we had yesterday. But the Republican leadership 
refused, and this is not the first time. They refused over and over 
again to allow an amendment to come up to ban gifts to Members of this 
Congress.
  Yesterday they refused to allow the Baldacci amendment to come up 
that would close down the ability of the special interests to have 
undue influence on Members of Congress.
  Members of this body do not need gifts. They do not need airline 
tickets to exotic places; frequent-flyer miles. We are very, very well 
compensated and our job here is to do the business of the people.
  The Republican leadership's rhetoric is just that, rhetoric, about 
closing down corporate special interests. Let us close the special 
interests down. Let us have a gift ban amendment on this floor.

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