On the recordSeptember 18, 1997
I rise in defense of this institution. If my colleagues think this institution already belongs to special-interest groups because of the money that flows into politics, then dare they turn this institution to outside groups, who can hold each one of them hostage with a threat of an ethics complaint in order to get their way on this House floor? If they want to turn this body over to the outside groups, vote against the Murtha amendment. That will do it. If they want to preserve in this House our own obligation to police ourselves, then vote for the Murtha amendment.
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