[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                                 GOPAC

  (Ms. VALAZQUEZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. VALAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today out of a sense of deep 
outrage. Not long ago this House-passed legislation on lobbying reform, 
but it seems the Speaker feels he and his personal slush fund were 
exempt from it.
  It's no wonder that the Speaker refuses to act on campaign finance 
reform, when there are allegations that GOPAC financed his own campaign 
to the tune of $250,000. The evidence is so damning that last night the 
Ethics Committee issued a stinging rebuke to Speaker Newt Gingrich.
  My colleagues, I call on the Speaker himself to release the list of 
past GOPAC donors, and the list of past GOPAC contributions to his own 
campaign.
  Mr. Speaker, if you really have nothing to hide, then you have 
nothing to be afraid of. The American people demand the truth, it is 
time for you to come clean and end this charade.

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