[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE NEED FOR ETHICS AND HONESTY IN GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. COX of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COX of California. Mr. Speaker, as Republicans and Democrats in 
this House we disagree about many things, but we should not disagree 
for a moment on the need for ethics and honesty in Government.
  During the administration of Ronald Reagan I worked in the White 
House, in the counsel's office, as a senior associate counsel to the 
President. I was proud of the reputation that that independent office 
in the White House maintained as a post-Watergate creation to make sure 
that after Richard Nixon and the Watergate offenses, never again was a 
President in a position of lacking the kind of independent honest 
advice that was necessary to make sure that there would not be 
lawbreaking within the White House itself. That office has maintained 
its reputation in a dignified way through Presidents Ford, Carter, 
Reagan, and Bush.
  Sadly, in this administration the opposite has been true. Most 
recently the deputy counsel to the President has been named in a 
criminal indictment as an unindicted co-conspirator. This is not a hard 
question. Bruce Lindsey must resign. If he refuses to do so, the 
President himself must demand it. We as Members of Congress interested 
in honesty and ethics in Government must demand it.

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