[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




OUTSIDE COUNSEL WHEN INVESTIGATING THE SPEAKER SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED IN 
                                 SCOPE

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, we have an Ethics Committee and I would like 
to offer a primer on how the House should handle ethics cases.
  Let me quote from a Member of this House, who also happens to be an 
experienced expert on ethics cases, who stated in 1988: ``The rules 
normally applied to Members of Congress are insufficient in an 
investigation of the Speaker of the House.'' I repeat. He said, ``The 
rules normally applied are insufficient in an investigation of the 
Speaker of the House.'' ``Clearly, this investigation,'' he said ``has 
to meet a higher standard of public accountability and integrity.''
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that this should be the standard by which all 
ethics cases before this House should be considered. When the House 
chooses to appoint an outside counsel to investigate a Speaker, that 
counsel should be allowed to investigate any and all possible 
wrongdoing and not be limited in scope.


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