[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]




                            GINGRICH ETHICS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the House of Representatives is at one of 
its all-time-lowest approval ratings in history. The American people 
have lost confidence in this institution's ability to lead and to do 
what's right. We must do all we can to restore their confidence and 
prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that we can monitor our own House.
  Stores like the series currently running in the LA Times do not help 
us in our quest for the public's confidence. The LA Times article and I 
quote ``cited public records showing that six nonprofit organizations 
linked to GOPAC has raised at least $6 million in tax-decuctible funds 
that tax experts said appeared to have been used for Republican 
political purposes.''
  The American people demand--and deserve--a Congress that is above 
reproach ethically and morally. Questions have been raised and they 
need to be answered swiftly, and thoroughly.
  No one is above the law in this Congress and no one has a right to be 
shielded and protected from legitimate questions regarding these very 
serious issues.

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