George Miller: “just a few moments ago, a member of theHouse Ethics Committee from Florida came and spoke about the rules of that…”

“just a few moments ago, a member of theHouse Ethics Committee from Florida came and spoke about the rules of that committee. Earlier today we had a discussion on this floor. In fact, we were prevented from having a discussion about whether or not that committee should release a report that is currently before it with respect to the activities of Speaker Gingrich and the tax laws of this country and the misuse of nonprofit charitable foundations in political campaigns. The speaker said that apparently they could not release the report, and the chairman of that committee has said they cannot release that report, that the rules do not allow for it. I would refer them to the rules of theHouse which have been mimicked in the rules of the committee. It said, no information or testimony received-- point of order”