[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WE DO NOT NEED NEW LAWS ON CHEATING

  (Mr. McINNIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, well, it is pretty clear somebody has been 
cheating out there. We do not need new laws, we already have laws 
against illegal campaign contributions. And let me remind those 
colleagues of mine who have been up here talking moment after moment 
about campaign cheating, look at the headlines on this morning's paper, 
and let me read it:
  ``Democratic National Committee Teamsters Traded Funds.''
  It reminds me in high school when one of my classmates got caught 
cheating. The first thing he told the teacher was everybody was. 
``Well, everybody is cheating.'' Well, not everybody was cheating; he 
was the only one in that classroom that was cheating. Then his next 
excuse to get out of trouble for cheating was, ``Well, you know you 
need to make new rules, Mr. Teacher. You need to make new rules about 
cheating. And therefore let me off the hook.''
  Mr. Speaker, I will be one of the first to stand up and say we should 
not have cheating. That is exactly what the Democratic National 
Committee is doing. We have campaign laws in effect, we have an 
Attorney General that should investigate those, should appoint an 
independent investigator, and we have a Democratic National Committee 
that should step forward immediately and let the American public know 
the scenario and the scheme they have got going with the Teamsters.

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