[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 178 (Tuesday, December 3, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H6281-H6282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ETHICS REPORT ON REPRESENTATIVE GAETZ

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, today I filed a bill to require the Ethics 
Committee to release the ethics report on former Representative Matt 
Gaetz, and I will give notice shortly.

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  I don't do this to give the salacious parts of the report to the 
public for any purposes, such as they might have for people, and there 
certainly are alleged parts in there concerning sex with a minor and 
drug use. I do it because it is important because Mr. Gaetz said that 
the report was a witch hunt, and it put the House on the defensive, and 
it should have, by saying it was a witch hunt.
  The House Ethics Committee members spent a lot of time and the staff 
spent a lot of time, and it cost a lot of money.
  The House needs to defend itself, and the best way to do that is to 
release the report and show that it was not a witch hunt but that it 
was important.
  It also said that they would determine that he misused his office, 
that he converted campaign funds for personal use, and that he engaged 
in bribery, improper gratuities, or impermissible gifts.
  There are other matters in here that I don't really understand, but I 
think the public should know.

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