H. William DeWeese: An Unusual day. January 2, 2007

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On swearing in day 1.2.7 then Majority Floor Leader H.William DeWeese made this eight and a half minute speech just after the election of Speaker elect Dennis O'Brien,DeWeese quotes Abraham Lincoln's message to Congress in 1862 "The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present".Within three weeks of this speech Attorney General Tom Corbett began an investigation now know as "BonusGate" the investigation has lead to the arrests of 22 people including John Perzel the ex-Speaker of the House.

 
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