Gary Condit: “I thought when this left the committee, it left it in a bipartisan…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2001

I thought when this left the committee, it left it in a bipartisan way. It left with the Pelosi language in it, which was an independent commission. That is the way it left. We got to the floor today and it is different. If Members take the Pelosi language out, in my opinion, we make the bill weaker. The bill does a lot of good things, but we as a Congress, we as a nation, the intelligence community, should not be fearful to allow someone to come in and do an assessment of exactly what occurred here. It does not mean we have to agree with it, but we ought to have an independent view of what happened here. The American people need to know that, and I think that that would add confidence to us all, to have people on the outside come in and take a look.

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Gary Condit

California

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Discussing the importance of maintaining bipartisan support for an independent commission in legislation.

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Gary Condit: “I thought when this left the committee, it left it in a bipartisan way. It left with the Pelosi language in it, which…”

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