[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 190 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               ETHICS COMMITTEE SHOULD GIVE A FULL REPORT

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, I planned to rise today to sing the praises of 
my friend, the gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. Schroeder], who is 
retiring, and to honor her dedicated service. You know, when I 
mentioned to Pat that that is what I was going to do, she said, ``No, 
don't do that. Please, get up and tell the American people about the 
ethics problems that Speaker Gingrich is facing.''
  She told me that I should make sure that in a time when the Wall 
Street Journal, the New York Times, even the Washington Times, are 
talking about the illegal contributions made by GOPAC to Speaker 
Gingrich's reelection, that at that same time the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct is refusing to give us a simple report, 
and the Republican majority has voted down our attempts to give that 
report.
  Today they will have a chance again. Today we will be asking the 
Republican majority to have the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct just come up and tell us what they found, come up and give us a 
report, tell us if there is something going on there that we need to 
know about. Please, today follow our lead, have the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct give us a full report.

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