Political Quotes

“I join with my leader and the Senator from New York in cosponsoring the resolution that has just been brought to the desk to urge the Senate to move forward in developing a timeframe and a specific process by which we could begin hearings on the Whitewater affair. I, like many of my colleagues around me this afternoon, have remained silent for a period of nearly 3 months, since March 17, when this Senate voted 98 to zero that we would agree to move forward with a responsible approach towards reviewing, in our oversight authority and capacity, the issue of Whitewater. We remained what I believed to be called respectable as a special investigator was selected. And he went forward and it was argued that we should not interfere in the processes of his investigation. But the Republican leader this afternoon, in my opinion, made it very clear that our responsibility goes well beyond that of what a special investigator would suggest. And I say that because of a concern that is now seeping--and I use that word ``seeping''--from the mail and the correspondence that I have received from the citizens of the State of Idaho. And that correspondence is bipartisan in nature, Mr. President. And it does something like what I believe is critically important and why we stand here this afternoon. It does not talk about Bill Clinton. It does not talk about any of the allegations that might be out there. It talks about the Presidency.”