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Harry Johnston: “in an article in the Hartford Current dated September 27 of this year, the chair of the Committee on Standards of…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1995
in an article in the Hartford Current dated September 27 of this year, the chair of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct reflected on the committee's inquiry into the complaint against Speaker Newt Gingrich. I quote, ``The letter of the law is not compelling to me,'' she said, ``I will work with our rules. Our rules have a certain degree of flexibility. My goal is to have a process that the committee members feel good about.'' Mr. Speaker, the work of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is not about Members feeling good about themselves. If both the spirit and the letter of the law are not compelling and relevant to each and every inquiry undertaken by this important committee, then we have lost sight of the purposes of its function.
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Harry Johnston
Democratic · Florida
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Addressing the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct's inquiry into Speaker Newt Gingrich.

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