[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 200 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14933]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ETHICS SHOULD APPLY TO ALL MEMBERS

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, there is an ad in Roll Call offering the 
million dollars for anyone who can demonstrate the Republicans are 
cutting Medicare, and I suggest there are almost 200 Democrats here who 
are entitled to share in that million dollars.
  But I would like to respond to the last speaker on this whole issue 
of ethics, because of course that $1 million pales by comparison to the 
$4.5 million that was at stake with reference to the Speaker's book 
deal.
  All this talk of partisanship, look at the nonpartisan conclusion of 
the House Ethics Committee, that the book deal was so bad we need a new 
rule with regard to books and royalties.
  What is the response of the Republican leadership? Speaker Gingrich 
says we need to delay it.
  The chairman of the House Committee on Rules says the Ethics 
Committee, Republican and Democrats, and I quote, ``ought to be horse 
whipped'' if they think he is obligated to accept a new proposal to 
limit book royalties.
  I would suggest there is bipartisan support for ethics but opine that 
it apply to the Speaker, also.

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