ic ▁C au cus , ▁he ▁led ▁the ▁un success ful ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁Sim pson - M azz oli ▁Act . ▁ ▁Kore ag ate ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁Roy bal ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁vote - bu ying ▁investigation ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Kore ag ate ▁sc andal , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁failed ▁to ▁properly ▁report ▁to ▁the ▁House ▁Eth ics ▁Committee ▁a ▁gift ▁of ▁$ 1 0 0 0 ▁from ▁a ▁South ▁Korean ▁lo bb y ist , ▁T ong sun ▁Park . ▁During ▁the ▁investigation ▁by ▁the ▁Eth ics ▁Committee , ▁Roy bal ▁mistaken ly ▁stated ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁met ▁Park . ▁ ▁Park ▁later ▁test ified ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁met ▁Roy bal ▁four ▁years ▁earlier , ▁for ▁less ▁than ▁two ▁minutes , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁hardly ▁remembered ▁the ▁man . ▁In ▁addition , ▁Roy bal ▁voted ▁against ▁every ▁bill ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁benef itted ▁Park , ▁thus ▁dis cred iting ▁alleg ations ▁of ▁a ▁vote ▁bu ying ▁scheme . ▁ ▁Request s ▁by ▁His pan ic ▁leaders , ▁and ▁testim ony ▁by ▁Representatives ▁Ron ald ▁D ell ums ▁and ▁Phill ip ▁Bur ton ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁facts ▁of ▁the ▁case , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁many ▁represent atives ▁who ▁spoke ▁against ▁the ▁Eth ics ▁Committee ▁recommendation ▁for ▁c ensure , ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁potential ▁c ensure ▁being ▁reduced ▁to ▁a ▁repr im and ▁( the ▁same ▁pun ishment ▁given ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁Representatives ▁involved ). ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁dated ▁November ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9