[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H14179-H14180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ETHICAL CLOUD LINGERS OVER HOUSE

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, after reading the report of the House 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, it is little wonder that 
some of its Members drug their feet for 14 months, because it reflects 
a pattern of ethical abuse.

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  Charge: Misuse of the House floor for apparently commercial purposes. 
Finding: Gingrich guilty. Charge: Improper promotion of GOPAC. Finding: 
Gingrich guilty. Charge: Commingling of political and official 
resources. Finding: Gingirch guilty.
  And the Rupert Murdoch book deal, so bad that the committee on a 
bipartisan basis strongly questions the appropriateness of what some 
will call capitalizing on your office and says we need even a new rule 
because of this impression of exploiting one's office for personal 
gain.
  Now, all the GOPAC dealings, the tentacles of GOPAC, the tax-free 
foundations, the book deal, the college course, so bad that they have 
called in an independent counsel. Not some tax adviser from H&R Block, 
but an independent prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. Until that 
is done, an ethical cloud is going to linger over this Congress.

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