[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9720]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    IN SUPPORT OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, THE HON. DENNIS HASTERT

  (Mr. TERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TERRY. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of our Speaker, Denny 
Hastert, a gentleman whom I wholeheartedly trust and believe that he is 
one of the most ethical stand-up people I have ever met in my life. And 
most of us know that around here, and that is why a story about his 
being investigated is so unbelievable that it should not run.
  Now, in Washington when a Speaker has criticized an action of the 
Justice Department on a constitutional ground, I guess we should not be 
surprised that there is retaliation from those that have been 
criticized. But let us realize what that is: retaliation.
  Now, what frustrates me even more or frightens me even more than 
retaliation by an executive agency like this is the fact that a news 
station so desirous of bringing down Washington, DC and the 
representatives here would run a false story about an investigation on 
the Speaker when the Justice Department said there is no investigation. 
This noncredible journalism, I think, degrades freedom of speech and 
the reputation of journalists.

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