[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 131 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE ADMONISHMENT COMMITTEE

  (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, I am amazed. I think it is time we start 
calling the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct the admonishment 
committee. Yesterday they issued admonishment No. 6 for our Speaker, 
and they went on to say in there, which I find really quite amazing, 
the committee concludes that the Speaker's conduct of allowing the 
routine presence in his office of Mr. Jones demonstrates a continuing 
pattern of lax administration and poor judgment that has concerned this 
committee in the past with the other five admonishments.
  They go on to say: Accordingly, the committee directs you to take 
immediate steps not only to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents 
and ensure compliance with standards but to guard against the 
appearance of impropriety.
  Now, I think everyone in America ought to ask for the same standards. 
When you get stopped for a speeding ticket, until you get six 
admonishments I guess they are never really going to do anything. I 
would say the way Members of Congress get treated is how an average 
citizen should be treated. I find it absolutely amazing that the rules 
can be thrown over with such great abandonment.

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