Political Quotes

“a month ago James Cole, who is the special counsel investigating our Speaker, Newt Gingrich, filed a report with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. It cost half a million dollars of taxpayers' money. What has happened to it? Well, it has been submerged by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. They are not going to release it, it appears. Well, what did Newt Gingrich say about these kinds of reports? Back in March 1989, he said in regard to the report of the special counsel on our former Speaker, Jim Wright: Now that report is secret; I don't know what's in it. I don't know of anybody other than the committee members and Mr. Phelan, who was special counsel, who know what is in it-- except Mr. Wright's lawyer. And I think that report and the back-up documents have to be published. I cannot imagine going to the country--tell them we've got a $1.6 million report--and, by the way, there's nothing in it, but you can't see it, but clearly that report is going to have to be published. Well, Mr. Speaker, why don't you tell your Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to release the report? They are meeting today at 1:30. Let every Member have it. I would like to have a copy of that report. Every Member of this House by tomorrow should have a copy of that report. I do not know what is in it. I do not know if it exonerates you, but let us release the report.”