[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RELEASE THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S REPORT ON NEWT GINGRICH

  (Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, I am not going to call the Speaker a liar. 
But it is a fact that the Speaker has not been telling the media the 
whole truth about the findings of the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has 
found him guilty of six charges.
  And I am not going to call the Speaker a law violator even though it 
appears that the Speaker participated in a scheme to use nonprofit 
corporation's tax-free contributions for political purposes. That is 
against the law.
  It is quite clear that the Speaker has instructed ``Stonewall'' not 
to release the special counsel's report. Why not? Because the report 
will show that the Speaker----


                             point of order

  Mr LINDER. Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Camp). The gentleman will state his 
point of order.
  Mr. LINDER. The gentleman from Missouri is referring to matters 
before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, which is 
explicitly against the House rules.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair sustains the point of order, and 
the gentleman must proceed in order.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Because the report will show that the Speaker is not the 
lily-white angel his supporters say he is, let us remove this dark 
cloud that hangs over these Chambers.
  Nancy ``Stonewall'' Johnson, release the special counsel's report on 
Newt Gingrich.


                             point of order

  Mr. LINDER. Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, at what point does the Chair decide that 
these scurrilous attacks on personalities and this abuse of the House 
rules becomes so out of order that people are asked to take their seat?
  Mr. VOLKMER. Release the report.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore As stated on September 8 by the Chair, at 
some point the Chair will put it to the entire House to determine 
whether Members who continually violate the rules will continue to 
proceed in order.

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                         PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Camp). The gentlewoman will state the 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, is there not a way that the gentleman 
from Georgia could test the gentleman from Missouri's words if he 
wished to?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will answer that question if that 
situation arises.
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. Is there not a 
customary way that this procedure is normally done, rather than asking 
the Chair to enforce that?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is proceeding under announced 
established practices at this point.

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