[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WHERE IS ``IT'' OF WHICH WE CANNOT SPEAK?

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, apparently under the ruling of the 
Chair, there is not a lot we can say here except there is a committee 
that we cannot talk about that has an ``it'' that we cannot name. But 
that ``it'' cost a half a million dollars and we cannot see it.
  This morning's Washington Post has a clarification of what the 
Speaker said about the ``it'' in it. And I hope that everybody reads 
it, because while the Speaker said one thing on NBC, this morning's 
Washington Post clarifies that and sets out the different complaints 
that have been filed and what has happened to them.
  I think it is very sad we cannot talk about ``it'' on the floor. 
Especially since the taxpayers paid for ``it.'' And if I were a 
taxpayer, I think I would be angry and wondering what in the world is 
going on when the House Floor has been gagged from talking about the 
most important thing we could have in front of us.

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