Harold Volkmer: “That explains why it was not in the bill when it passed the House and the Senate.”

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…

It is the effect of the resolution, is to give the Speaker the power of martial law.

Now if this was purely a technical little provision that really did not harm anybody or do anything, they would not have that problem; would they?

It is very apparent, I think, to everybody out there that is seeing what is happening here, that Members of the House who are calling for this report to be made public are attempted to be gagged.