[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             GINGRICH AUDIT

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, it has come to my attention that a colleague 
of mine is trying to intimidate the IRS. In today's Washington Times, I 
read that Republican leaders are upset that the IRS is making an 
inquiry into the corporate funding of Speaker Gingrich's courses at two 
Georgia schools. It seems that the Republican leadership is not pleased 
with the timing of the inquiry just 2 months before the election.
  But, as my colleagues know, the information about the audit was not 
leaked by the IRS. In fact, it was the schools involved who told the 
press that these IRS audits were taking place.
  Mr. Speaker, the audit is not new. It has been underway for some 
time. There is no political motive here. The American people deserve to 
know if one of their public servants has been a party to anything even 
remotely illegal, like the possible illegal corporate funding of these 
courses.
  Perhaps it is ill-timed, but Speaker Gingrich's constituents deserve 
to know the truth.

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