[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 46 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRIDE IN THE SPEAKER

  (Ms. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I must say, this is a fascinating debate. 
Finally we have somebody in this political maelstrom who does the right 
thing, who goes above and beyond fairness and does the right thing, as 
the Speaker of the House, and the other side cannot stand it.
  I want to tell my colleagues, I am proud of the Speaker. I am proud 
to be associated with him. I am proud to be part of his leadership 
team. He did not have to pay this reimbursement for legal services, but 
he has chosen to do that to set a new standard.

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  It seems to me when we have a Speaker of the House that is willing to 
set a standard in the House of Representatives, maybe a standard the 
White House could take a little information from, we ought to praise 
him.
  I tell my colleagues it is time for the American people, who have 
helped us to come to this decision, to come back with us and mesh in a 
partnership, take back the agenda of this House, get the problems 
solved, the problems we know that are hurting America today, and get 
off this politicized ethics process. We need to get back to the work at 
hand.
  I call for bipartisanship, I call for great praise of the Speaker of 
the House.

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