there must be something wrong with the rules, because people would advise me that i can only hurt myself by coming before this committee. nobody has tried to protect the integrity of the congress with two years -- almost two years of investigation. they said the mistakes that rangel has made should be public. and it should have been public earlier than now. and i couldn't say anything, because i didn't want to offend and don't want to offend the ethics committee. but the ethics committee won't even tell me when i'm going to have a hearing. and, heck, people who are concerned about me, i'm 80 years old, i don't want to die before the hearing. you know? and i think my electorate -- m i'm -- they're entitled to finding out who their congressman is. am i corrupt, what did they offer me? and i want to be a role model for new members and tell them