[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10047-H10048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LAY OFF, MR. ARCHER

  (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, this morning the Associated Press 
reported that the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Bill 
Archer, has sent an intimidating letter to the Internal Revenue Service 
concerning an investigation the IRS has launched into a partisan 
political course Newt Gingrich taught at two Georgia colleges.
  The IRS has good reason to investigate Speaker Gingrich. Allegations 
regarding the Speaker's abuse of tax exempt organizations have swirled 
for more than 2 years.
  Mr. Speaker, it is fitting and appropriate for the IRS to investigate 
the serious allegations of misuse of nonprofit organizations by Speaker 
Gingrich.

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Mr. Archer ought to keep his hands off and let the IRS do its job. Not 
even the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee can protect 
the Speaker from the justice he is due.

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