Frank Pallone: “But one of the things was that after the vote occurred at 3 a.m. and the board was left open, and there was a majority…”

“But one of the things was that after the vote occurred at 3 a.m. and the board was left open, and there was a majority against the bill, and we went on for 3 hours when the President and Republican majority tried to change Republican votes, one of the people whose vote they tried to change was the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith). And we heard very credible accounts from the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith) and others about the chicanery that was going on, statements being made to him about since he was retiring, his son would never get to succeed him in Congress if he did not switch his vote because the money would not be there by the Republican Party to finance his campaign. I just wanted to mention today it was announced that the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is going to investigate these allegations that were made in that regard.”