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WELL, I THINK THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SEE THROUGH IT.
IT'S TIME TO GET ON WITH THE
PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.
IT'S TIME TO DO THE RIGHT THING
FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR COUNTRY,
AND IT'S TIME TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA
RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE.
NO, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN.
WE THOUGHT YOU HAD.
BUT FINALLY AFTER THE FILING OF
MANY COMPLAINTS AGAINST SPEAKER
NEWT GINGRICH AND 14 MONTHS
LATER, THE HOUSE ETHICS
COMMITTEE FOUND THE SPEAKER
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY ON ONE,
TWO, THREE COUNTS OF VIOLENTING
HOUSE RULES BY MISUSE --
VIOLATING HOUSE RULES BY
MISUSING COMMITTEE RESOURCES
AND WE'VE APPOINTED AN OUTSIDE
COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE ANOTHER
SERIOUS CHARGE ABOUT THE
SPEAKER'S POLITICAL GOPAC
OPERATION.
WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME.
BELIEVE ME, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
DOES NOT APPRECIATE DOUBLE STANDARDS.
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS
GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
NO ONE SHOULD BE SO BIG, SO
IMPORTANT, SO POWERFUL THEY CAN
VIOLATE THE RULES OF THIS HOUSE
AND THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY
WITHOUT SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES.
NEWT MAY BE SPEAKER.
HOWEVER, HE, TOO, MUST ACCOUNT
FOR ANY AND ALL WRONGDOING.
IT'S ABOUT TIME.
LET'S GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS