[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        INTEGRITY BEGINS AT HOME

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute).
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that integrity begins at 
home. Or, more particularly, integrity begins in this House. Every 
Member of this House will have an opportunity to go on record 
concerning the integrity of the proceedings of this House and of its 
Members today.
  When the privileged resolution is presented, if you believe in a fair 
and impartial investigation, you vote ``aye''. If you believe in a 
cover up, you vote ``no''.
  If you believe that this House should be muzzled and that this issue 
should not get a full and fair airing, you vote for Dick Armey's motion 
to muzzle.
  This resolution, in its enacting clause, is one sentence. It does not 
prejudge charges, as some have done in their remarks here today. It 
simply instructs the Ethics Committee to immediately transmit the 
remaining charges against Speaker Gingrich to the outside counsel for 
his investigation and recommendations.
  How could anyone oppose, given the way these charges have lingered 
for over 6 months in the committee, simply referring them to the 
outside counsel to fully and thoroughly investigate them and take such 
action as is appropriate. That is where integrity begins.

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