[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9725]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         DEFENDING THE SPEAKER

  (Mr. OSBORNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. OSBORNE. Madam Speaker, I rise to address the House for 1 minute 
regarding Denny Hastert, the Speaker of the House.
  As many people have previously observed, the Speaker is not under any 
investigation at the present time. I have been part of a group that 
meets with Denny on a weekly basis for the last 2 years and have found 
this person to be a person of unimpeachable character. He is one that 
you can take his word to the bank; and so if there is any Member of the 
House who does not deserve this, it would be Denny Hastert.
  Sometimes we are all painted with a very broad brush here, and I am 
very sorry that Denny has been painted in such a way. I simply wanted 
to come to the House floor today to register my support, my regard of 
the Speaker, and the fact that it is very unfortunate that someone of 
his character would be attacked in this way. And I am sure this applies 
to others on both sides of the aisle.

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