[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                NEWTGATE

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, if a Member of this House was 
involved in a $6 million tax fraud scheme and the Ethics Committee knew 
and did nothing, what would that be?
  If a Member of this House set up and used tax exempt organizations 
for partisan political purposes and the Ethics Committee knew and did 
nothing, what would that be?
  Well, Mr. Speaker, these are exactly the charges hanging over Speaker 
Newt Gingrich. The Ethics Committee has been sitting on these charges 
for 6 months and doing nothing. They even refuse to send them to the 
outside counsel investigating the Speaker.
  To answer the question, Mr. Speaker, What would it be? It would be, 
it is, a scandal. Newtgate is truly the biggest scandal and coverup in 
this town.

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