It is not enough to say that America is discontinuing the policies and practices of the recent past.
If the United States is seen as doing an open and honest review of what happened, setting up policies if we find that we...
We must, as a country, take stock of where we have been and determine what was and is not acceptable.
We cannot turn the page unless we first read the page.
We need to do so again in these difficult economic times.
I am just not willing to join in the acknowledgment of failure of Congress performing its vigorous oversight responsibil...
The proposed commission, I submit to you, cannot.
While a commission of inquiry is the best way to get the facts out, Congress, the Justice Department, and the public sho...
I disagree with those conclusions, but I certainly do not believe a truth commission is necessary to somehow arbitrate t...
Only great countries, Mr. Chairman, confident in themselves, are prepared to look at their most serious mistakes.
A commission of the kind we are proposing is needed in order to arrive at an in-depth, unbiased, and impartial understan...
I am pleased and gratified that President Obama and his advisers recognized the need to take these actions and actually ...
There can be no doubt that we must fully understand the mistakes of the past in order to learn from them.
The longest serving member of this Committee, Senator Edward Kennedy, half a dozen or a dozen times was told he could no...
We do not have any provisions in our Constitution that puts some people, elected or otherwise, above the law.
The very decision to initiate what amounts to a criminal investigation, whether or not it is formally designated as such...
I do not think we should let only one side define history on such important questions.
Your proposal is aimed at finding the truth, not settling scores.
