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Ernest Istook: I am not asking any Member to join me in my opinion of the truth of the allegations. I am asking Members to join me in…

On the recordFebruary 8, 1994
I am not asking any Member to join me in my opinion of the truth of the allegations. I am asking Members to join me in getting to the bottom of it. The ethics committee has not prejudged what has occurred or not occurred and they should not prejudge. But, by golly, they had better get to the bottom of it.
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Ernest Istook
Oklahoma

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Istook discusses the need for the ethics committee to investigate allegations against a Member of Congress.

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