[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 49 (Thursday, April 21, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPORT FOR THE MAJORITY LEADER

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, for the past 6 weeks 
Democrats have attacked the character, leadership and intentions of the 
majority leader, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay).
  Although Democrats continue to smear the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
DeLay), they forget that they are responsible for preventing the ethics 
committee from investigating the charges directed at the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. DeLay).
  Since the beginning of the 109th Congress, House Democrats have 
refused to allow the ethics committee to meet to address this issue. 
Four ethics committee Republicans have pledged that as soon as the 
Democrats permit the ethics committee to function again, they will vote 
to form an investigative subcommittee to review various allegations 
concerning travel and other actions by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
DeLay).
  Majority Leader DeLay has said all along that he wants to appear 
before the ethics committee to address the recent accusations. 
Unfortunately, Democrats prefer to attack his character for political 
purposes rather than officially investigate these allegations.
  Democrats should stop playing politics with the House ethics 
committee and should give the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) the 
opportunity to defend himself through the congressional ethics process.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops. We will never forget September 
the 11.

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