[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10774-H10775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RELEASE OF WHATEVER IT IS PRODUCED BY OUTSIDE COUNSEL

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Madam Speaker, editorials all over America are 
joining those of us who keep calling for the release of whatever it is 
that was produced by the outside counsel for over a half a million 
dollars of tax money on Speaker Gingrich's violations of the ethics 
rules.
  Let me read to the Members what the Albuquerque Journal said, because 
this is one of the papers in my Rocky Mountain region. They said, what 
is good for the goose is good for the Gingrich. The Republicans cannot 
have it both ways. They have to play this game by the rules they 
established in the Wright case, and they should release the report.


                             point of order

  Mr. LINDER. Point of order, Madam Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Greene of Utah). the gentleman from 
Georgia will state his point of order.
  Mr. LINDER. Madam Speaker, it is my understanding last week that the 
Chair ruled that even if newspapers make references to matters before 
the Committee on Standards, it is inappropriate under House rules to 
bring those matters to the floor of the House. It is entirely 
acceptable for the gentlewoman from Colorado to speak on this issue as 
much as she wants outside the House of this Congress. But on this 
floor, it is against the rules.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair sustains the point of order of the 
gentleman from Georgia, and directs the gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. 
Schroeder] to proceed in order in accordance with the rules of the 
House.

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  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Madam Speaker, I find it amazing that we cannot come 
to this House floor and discuss the chief officer of this House and 
different violations that have been alleged of this chief officer that 
has put a cloud over this House. I find that astounding. I have never, 
never in my 24 years seen these kinds of rules enforced on the House 
floor, and I am stunned that the leadership seems so insistent on 
gagging us in this body. No wonder this body has created such cynicism.

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