[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             FRIVOLOUS CHARGES CLOUD DEBATE ON REAL ISSUES

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, let me first of all congratulate my 
colleague Tom Campbell from California for his stunning victory in 
California. He and I came in together in 1988 and I am just very 
pleased to have him return here to Congress.
  Former Speaker Sam Rayburn quipped, ``A jackass can kick a barn down, 
but it takes a carpenter to build one.''
  Well, the truth of Mr. Rayburn's words has never been more apparent 
as it is today. The donkeys are kicking at the barn doors, but we have 
a carpenter trying to work, trying to build a better form of 
government, and that carpenter is Newt Gingrich, our Speaker.
  Despite all their efforts to the contrary, they are trying to offer 
these frivolous charges. Instead of working on the difficult issues 
ahead, they trump up another bogus ethics charge against the Speaker.
  They, in fact, have fabricated a total of 65 charges against the 
Speaker. All but one of these charges have been dismissed. The 
remaining charge simply pertains to a technical section of the IRS 
code. In time it will be resolved.
  The Democrats' attempt in the Campbell election to demonize the 
Speaker has not worked. I call on all our Members to welcome Tom 
Campbell again in to our fold.

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