Steve Buyer: “Part of the frustration that we are dealing with here is trying to deal with the Department of Justice. I understand…”

“Part of the frustration that we are dealing with here is trying to deal with the Department of Justice. I understand that your resolution is not telling the Department of Justice to do your job. That is a frustration that we deal with in this body in scandal after scandal that has occurred, even with the Presidency and members of his Cabinet. I know the gentleman's resolution does not address that. What his resolution is addressing is the responsibilities of this body with the ethics. So if we cannot get Justice to do their job with criminal procedure, and they just throw the book aside, then it is our ultimate responsibility to step forward and say, ``This is the House ethics manual. It is a code. Honor is more than a word, it is a way of life, and it is important for this body to hold that close.'' It is a scandal. It is a scandal. Let us not call it something that it is not. It is a scandal. It is a scandal of that side of the House. Members of the post office were appointed by the Democrat Party under a system of patronage. Why has that not been investigated? Where is it? I would say to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker], I remember he introduced a privileged resolution for sunshine, to bring public disclosure, and this body pounced on him: ``What are you doing, Mr. Walker? We don't want the public to know. We don't want anybody to know about the scandals of this House.'' It was defeated 200 to 207.”