On the recordFebruary 15, 1995
I rise again to call on our House Ethics Committee to take steps to name an independent counsel to investigate the ever growing list of possible ethics violations by the Speaker. Only an independent counsel can remove the cloud of disrepute that hangs over this House, and every day this cloud grows darker, larger, and ever more sinister. Mr. Speaker, this is not a partisan request by me but, rather, an effort to get the House Ethics Committee to act on this important issue which has now been joined by Common Cause. It should not take our ethics committee 100 days to act on this most important of issues. I hope our Ethics Committee does not spend all their time fighting over stacking the staff this week like they did last week. We need the entire committee to review the X files put together by Common Cause.
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