Harold Volkmer: “It will be very brief because, as my colleague knows, I am just amazed about the support for this bill in general…”

we have just been through a little charade here in the House. The last two votes on motions to table were purely what I call a charade as part of the total coverup that is going on in the ethics investigation of our Speaker. You know…

I believe it is time for Members of this House to stand up to intimidation. A letter has been sent from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, Mr. Archer, to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Ms. Richardson…

Now how many times has Fed Ex tried to get this provision in other bills unsuccessfully before this bill?

Yes, and by the way, for the public's edification, no Democratic member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct can tell us what is in that report. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, as a body, has to release it. So…