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Robert Dornan: Yes, over the line, Mr. Speaker, When I first said it, he was only the Governor of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I remove my…

On the recordJuly 26, 1996
Yes, over the line, Mr. Speaker, When I first said it, he was only the Governor of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I remove my verb ``rape'' and replace it with ``had trouble with the truth.'' No, let me go back. Clinton Confidential. Decline to Power, the incredible problem that the news media had getting candidate to answer direct questions, like the New York Times on Whitewater, who wrote that story on March 8, 1992; 60 Minutes on January 27; Ted Koppel, on General Holmes and all the draft problems, on Lincoln's birthday, February 12, 1992; and on and on and on. It is in Clinton Confidential. Then read Inside the White House, and here what the hired help has to say about the foul speech ricocheting off the walls. Then First in his Class, which takes you back through the whole life. You should now be into October, and you will get to The Agenda, with Bob Woodward, and the volcanic eruptions and the wife abuse of George Stephanopolous. By then you ought to be ready to be a scholar and read On the Make, and go back to the early days. By then you ought to be ready to write your own book. I talked about the bibliography in the back of ``Unlimited Access.'' Mr. Speaker, guess what I left out? I thought I had it. Somebody swiped my book. That is not it, that is ``POW,'' the definitive book on the torturing to death of Americans by people who are now giving, fighting for the torture masters to get most-favored-nation status.…
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Discussing media coverage and literature related to Bill Clinton during a floor speech.

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