Daniel Glickman: “I rise in support of this bill. Mr. Chairman, my constituents often tell me that they think it is important for Congress…”

“I rise in support of this bill. Mr. Chairman, my constituents often tell me that they think it is important for Congress and the Government in general to improve its image, to look like we are acting like the rest of the people, to not live by a different set of standards and to subject ourselves to all of the powers of the law enforcement process in the event that one of us, or somebody as a member of the executive branch, gets into trouble, and that is the purpose of this bill. It is an example of very good government. Mr. Chairman, what we are saying is, ``When you have high level officials that get themselves into some degree of trouble, there is a procedure to make sure that they are investigated and, if necessary, prosecuted,'' and I would point out that this law, which expired last year, has always had the support of many of us in Congress, many of us on our side of the aisle for sure, and is an example of particularly good government.”