[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 10 (Thursday, January 18, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          CLOUD OF CORRUPTION

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I appreciate so much my friend from 
American Samoa coming in here. I am not casting any aspersions on him 
or his wonderful territory. I didn't throw allegations or aspersions on 
anyone. But there is a cloud of corruption hovering over this body that 
effects every one of us, and it would be so easy to get the air 
cleared. But there is really one person that could clear the air.
  For so long people in this country cynically say: It is not what you 
know, it is who you know. Many of us say: That is not the case.
  I believe if the Speaker would come forward, rise to a question of 
personal privilege, Madam Speaker, we could get this thing resolved and 
get it behind us so it is no longer an issue, and figure out how in the 
world a group, a territory got exempted that actually benefits a 
company in the Speaker's own district. And then we will be beyond it 
and move on in a bipartisan way, which I hope we will eventually have 
the opportunity to do.

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