[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H14181-H14182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   DOING WHAT WE WERE SENT HERE TO DO

  (Mr. McINTOSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McINTOSH. Mr. Speaker, let us face it. What is going on here is 
an outrageous attempt to reverse the election results of 1994. The 
defenders of big government did not like the fact that a Republican 
majority came in and agreed we were going to balance the budget and 
reduce the size of the Government. So they turned to outrageous 
personal attacks against the Speaker of the House.

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  The fact is the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, led by a 
very able, nonpartisan, tough lady, the gentlewoman from Connecticut 
[Mrs. Johnson] dismissed 64 of the 65 complaints. There was nothing 
wrong with the Newt book deal. They never said he was guilty of 
anything. But the other side is going to continue these character 
assassinations because they view that as the only way they can regain 
control, reverse the election, and once again turn back the clock and 
go for more spending, more deficits, and the ruin of this country.
  This freshman class was sent here to get the job done. We will not be 
deterred by these types of personal attacks on our leader. We will stay 
here to balance the budget and do what the American people sent us here 
to do.

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