[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         RESULTS OF HOUSE AUDIT

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the 
preceding speaker pooh-pooh the results of the House audit. My 
goodness, the most profound news to come out of this new Congress, 
another promise kept that showed by this audit what blatant disregard 
House officials had for common mathematics.
  Listen to this. Records were so inadequate and so incomplete that the 
auditors would not render an opinion on the reliability of the House's 
financial statements. This is the worst evaluation that an auditor can 
issue. The finance office in this institution under the previous rule 
processed $700 million a year in expenses and salaries using 
handwritten ledgers that the auditors cannot make sense out of.
  The fact is, Mr. Speaker, this new majority with help from dedicated 
Members of the new minority will remake this institution in the image 
of the American people. Today the audit symbolizes another promise 
made, another promise kept, keeping our word and bond with the American 
people to get back to basics and get back to business.

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