[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO FACTS ABOUT ETHICS INVESTIGATION INTO 
                        SPEAKER'S TIES TO GOPAC

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, the Hartford Courant says that the Ethics 
Committee investigation of Speaker Gingrich has ``the foul odor of 
cover-up.'' How much longer is the Ethics Committee going to let this 
charade continue?
  We now know that four members of the Ethics Committee--including the 
chairwoman herself--have ties to GOPAC. The same GOPAC which financed 
the Speaker's own campaigns to the tune of $250,000 a year.
  The evidence against Speaker Gingrich is so damning that last week, 
two of the three Republicans at the FEC voted to make their evidence 
public.
  Mr. Speaker, I am here today to call on the chairwoman and the 
members of the Ethics Committee to fully disclose their ties to GOPAC. 
And I am calling on the Speaker himself to release the names of past 
GOPAC donors and release the list of past GOPAC expenses.
  Mr. Speaker, if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to be 
afraid of. But if you keep dragging your feet, the American people have 
a right to ask: what are you trying to hide?

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