[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 117 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             AUDIT RESULTS

  (Mr. EHLERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked another important step in 
our efforts to reform the internal operations of the House of 
Representatives. As a member of the Committee on House Oversight, I 
heard the testimony offered by the outside auditors retained to 
evaluate the books of the House, the first outside audit of House 
finances in over half a century.
  The auditors state that they had ``No opinion.'' That is a CPA's term 
for saying they could not express an opinion because they could not 
even figure out the books in order to know whether or not they were in 
order.
  Things are in such disarray in terms of the House finances and the 
House books that the auditors said we have to revamp the entire system.
  I believe it is very important that we brought this situation to 
light. It is extremely important that we address the situation. As the 
Committee on House Oversight, we are pledged to bring this to the 
attention of the House of Representatives, to put the books in order, 
and to make sure that all the money spent by the House of 
Representatives is fully accounted for and properly expended.


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