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On the recordJune 26, 1996
who ran GOPAC from 1984 to 1994? We all know that it was our autocratic Speaker, Newt Gingrich, while as a Member of this body ran this very political Republican organization. Where did he get his money? Well, he got a lot of it from tax-exempt organizations, six of them, which he set up, which he ran. They got donations from the public to go to help children, to help college courses, to help learning disabled, and what did he use it for? He used it to elect the Republicans. That is what the Speaker did. It is pure fraud. And what is being done about it? Nothing. The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has permitted the special counsel to look into two of those, but not the other four. Why not? It is a coverup, folks. They are taking care of the Speaker. They do not want the American public to know that the Speaker used tax-exempt organizations, defrauded the people who sent the money down there. They thought it was going for kids. What did it go to? It went to elect Republicans.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

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Addressing allegations of misconduct by Speaker Newt Gingrich regarding GOPAC and tax-exempt organizations.

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