[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GRANTING TAX BREAKS TO CORPORATIONS

  (Mr. KLINK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINK. Madam Speaker, we the people of the United States grant 
tax breaks to people in corporations who donate money to nonprofit 
organizations. Nonprofit status is granted so that services can be 
provided to the public. That means the public at large and where need 
occurs, with no regard to what political party you may or may not 
belong to.
  Well, now this week there comes evidence in virtually every major 
newspaper in this country that the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives may have also manipulated a half dozen nonprofit 
organizations. They say it was in order to funnel $6 million toward 
helping the Republican Party gain control of our Government.

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  The question is, Is the Speaker guilty of criminal wrongdoing? We do 
not know, but we do know this. The Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct had knowledge of this evidence, in this case, for many months, 
and they have not taken action.
  Now, to our embarrassment, Congress, it is the news media that has 
taken action, where we in Congress have taken none. The time has come 
for Congress to clean its own House.

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