[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        FINDINGS OF FIRST AUDIT

  (Mr. LARGENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LARGENT. Mr. Speaker, this is a small sample of what the House 
books look like. I think the American people expect us to not only read 
the House books but also to have an audit of the House books, and today 
marks the release of findings of the first--America, did you hear 
that--the first audit of the House books in history.
  In this audit, the auditors found in the last Congress a shocking 
disregard for financial controls, a disregard for businesslike practice 
and frequently having waived the rules regarding the House books.
  Some of the promises that we made on the first day of this Congress 
was that Congress would live under the same laws that everybody else 
has to abide by. I think that is only fair. Another one of the promises 
that we made was that we would have the first audit ever of the House 
books.
  The auditors have come back and said that the House books are in a 
shambles.
  Mr. Speaker, there is an old adage that says if it does not work at 
home, do not export it.
  Let me tell you, it has not worked in this House for a long time. But 
this year we are making it work in this home and then export it to the 
rest of the American people.

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