[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 DEMOCRATS SEEK TO DESTROY RATHER THAN FIGHT IDEAS OF SPEAKER GINGRICH

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, last evening the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct, as we have heard, dismissed 64 of the 65 allegations 
against our Speaker. There will be more to come. This has been a 
systematic effort to destroy an individual rather than fight his ideas. 
There will be more to come.
  The gentleman from Florida who spoke, Mr. Johnston, who has been 
putting the privileged resolution on the floor that has been tabled 
twice, was quoted in his own hometown paper in Florida as having said I 
am part of a small group that meets weekly to pour over everything the 
Speaker says to find where we can file ethics charges against him.
  This is an old story. We have heard it said here that in 1989 they 
said, and I quote, ``We will destroy Gingrich if it is the last thing 
we do''. There will be more to come.
  Mr. Speaker, we are proud that the Speaker can stick to his issues 
and the ideas. It is unfortunate that the other side is not willing to 
engage the ideas.

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