[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, I do agree with my colleague 
from Texas, majority leader Dick Armey, in that the ethics committee 
members have a tough job, one that a lot of us do not want. But they 
also need to know when they need to refer it to a higher authority and 
in particularly a special counsel.
  Let me quote today's Los Angeles Times when it says:

       In cases involving the Lincoln and West Georgia 
     foundations, money that was intended to support troubled 
     innercity teenagers and at-risk third graders was used 
     instead to benefit GOPAC and to compensate a Gingrich 
     confidant.

  Six tax-exempt foundations were used to funnel money for political 
purposes. I know we have talked about tax cuts in this Congress, but 
that is the ultimate tax cut before we have even voted on it. We get a 
tax cut to contribute to political campaigns. Not even average folks 
can do that. That was taken away a good while back on tax reform.

  But I think that is why we need to vote today for these special 
resolutions, the privileged resolutions by our colleague, the gentleman 
from Florida, Harry Johnston, to make sure that we have an independent 
counsel to investigate this use of the IRS tax deduction.

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