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Harold Volkmer: “Now the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Linder] goes on and says that the Lewis resolution reflected an ongoing and…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 1996
Now the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Linder] goes on and says that the Lewis resolution reflected an ongoing and desperate action with a small band of Democrats who refused the ethics process by filing one baseless claim after another. Now those claims are not baseless, those claims are legitimate. They are based on acts that were performed by the Speaker and that have been filed with complaints, and part of those complaints were investigated by the special counsel, and the special counsel filed the report way back over a month ago. But none of us have seen the report, none of us can get a copy of the report, and on the tabling motion there is no question---- point of order
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the legitimacy of ethics complaints against the Speaker during a House debate.

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