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Jim Kolbe: “I would say that each of these cases so far that the gentleman has raised substantiate what I am suggesting. Yes, the…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1998
I would say that each of these cases so far that the gentleman has raised substantiate what I am suggesting. Yes, the two Secret Service agents, and I am very aware of that because the subcommittee funds both the White House and the Secret Service, were indeed victimized in this case. They were unfairly called to task by the inspector general of the Treasury Department who is no longer there, and of course they were completely cleared by this. Again, the good employees of the Federal Government should not be held responsible for when they are made victims of the bureaucracy or victims of political appointees. But we are not talking about that in the case of Mr. Magaziner.
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Jim Kolbe
Arizona

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Discussing accountability of federal employees in relation to a specific case during a congressional debate.

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