[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 17 (Monday, January 29, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HOUSE RESOLUTION 92

  (Mr. ISSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, this weekend over 300 Members of the House 
violated the House rules. They did so not with malice or any intent to 
violate the rules, but they did so because of the hubris of the 
leadership of the House.
  Today, Mr. Speaker, the rules of the House prohibit Members from 
taking nongovernmental aircraft by any organization, any corporation 
that has a lobbyist. Mr. Speaker, I might point out that there are 
lobbyists for United Airlines, Delta, U.S. Air and a litany of other 
airlines. These rules are unfair, unreasonable and unenforceable, but 
they have not yet been changed; and under a closed rule, it was a take-
it-or-leave-it on the entire package.
  Mr. Speaker, I submitted for the House H. Res. 92 in order to clarify 
and reform these foolish, foolish rules that were instituted without 
any debate, without any hearings, and even without much notice. I would 
ask the House to seriously consider, Is it time to begin being honest 
and reputable? Isn't there a time to not break the rules and say, ``But 
everyone's doing it''?

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