[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8602]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       BIPARTISAN EFFORT IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS OF ETHICS

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, to resolve so many of the problems of this 
country, it is essential that Republicans and Democrats come together 
in a bipartisan fashion. We have seen in this session how this can 
work.
  We have seen a 50-year-old lobbying law adjusted. We have seen a gift 
ban rule to ban gifts to Members of the Senate approved. And yesterday 
in a dramatic action, we saw Republicans join Democrats to actually 
vote to expel a Member.
  But for some reason there is a line down the rotunda, and none of 
that bipartisanship is happening on this side of the Capitol. At the 
same time that action was being taken, this body was rejecting, on a 
party line basis, doing anything about gifts for Members of Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, today also is the first anniversary, 1 year ago a 
complaint concerning GOPAC and the Speaker was made to the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct and we have done nothing but 
dillydallied.
  It is time our Republican Members joined us and put a hand on the 
broom to sweep clean the questions of integrity concerning this House.

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