[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 116 (Monday, July 18, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII,

       76. The SPEAKER presented a petition of Mr. Gregory D. 
     Watson, a citizen of Austin, Texas, relative to urging the 
     Congress to enact legislation that would establish an Office 
     of Congressional Independent Counsel within the legislative 
     branch of government to conduct investigations into alleged 
     criminal conduct within the executive and judicial branches 
     and to publicly make recommendations to the Department of 
     Justice whether or not to proceed with prosecution; which was 
     referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.