Political Quotes

“I have no objection to that. It was my intention to include each of these editorials in their entirety, though I would like to point out that I only made reference to one Washington Post editorial. What I quoted to the President is what I believe reflects the difference between the two sides, the Democrats and Republicans. What is occurring today is a great deal of finger pointing, and unfortunately the finger pointing will likely continue throughout this debate. Today's debate, Mr. President, reflects a process that has been initiated by one side of the aisle. One side of the aisle wishes to terminate the process by preventing a vote on this resolution. My concern is that the process that they have initiated is based upon misconstruing the facts. Let me explain what I mean. I think the Senator from Connecticut had used the figure of close to $30 million of taxpayers' funds, suggesting that somehow this is connected with the activities of our committee. Well, that is not factual. The Senate has spent $950,000 on the Whitewater investigation. The investigation associated with the special counsel, Ken Starr, has spent $23 million through 1995. The RTC spent almost $4 million. But to suggest by association that the Senate Whitewater Committee is responsible for this expenditure is misleading, to say the least, and far from the disclosure that is appropriate in this body, where we specifically identify each expenditure that is referenced.”