[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE AN INVESTIGATION, NOT A WHITEWASH

  (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, after months of stonewalling, Republicans 
on the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct have reportedly 
agreed to appoint an outside counsel to investigate the allegations 
against Speaker Newt Gingrich. That is the good news. The bad news is 
Republicans on the committee now want to limit the scope of that 
investigation. In other words, they want to hire an outside counsel, 
but then they want to tie his or her hands.
  In 1988, when another Ethics Committee investigation into another 
Speaker, considered doing the same thing, here is what Newt Gingrich 
had to say:

       The American public, deserve an investigation which will 
     uncover the truth. At this moment, I am afraid that the 
     apparent restrictions placed on this special counsel will not 
     allow the truth to be uncovered.

  Let us hold the investigation of Speaker Gingrich to the standards he 
himself set. Appoint an independent outside counsel. The American 
people deserve an investigation, not a whitewash.

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