Political Quotes

“That letter that has just been made part of the Record is highlighted here relative to the detailed expense associated with the Monica Lewinsky incident, expenses from January 15 to August 31, 1998, including categories of expenses relative to personal compensation, travel costs, contractual services, supplies, capital equipment, administrative services. The total is $4.3 million, roughly $4.4 million. That is the cost to the American taxpayer. The question that I brought up earlier was one of equity. Equity demands the costs of the delays should be borne by the President and not the taxpayers of this country. I ask that my colleagues support me in the resolution that I have submitted which would require the President to reimburse the American taxpayers for the expenses that resulted from the delays of the investigation, the delays that were initiated and caused directly by the President. My colleagues should note that this resolution is not unprecedented. We, in Congress, have required Members under investigation by the Ethics Committee to reimburse the committee for the costs of the investigation. The same standard should apply in the case of the President of the United States.”