Joel Hefley: “President Clinton has a new strategy for dodging the blame on Whitewater. He claims this is all just a partisan attack…”

“President Clinton has a new strategy for dodging the blame on Whitewater. He claims this is all just a partisan attack from Republicans. Then, he claims Republicans are using it to hold up government. I would say to my colleagues that the President is desperate for a way out of Whitewater and does not have a clue how to get there. If the administration needs to find where the Whitewater problem is coming from, it need look no further than the mirror. The Whitewater questions are this simple: Was public trust betrayed and elected position misused in Arkansas to gain financial favors? And was public trust again betrayed and elected government position again misused in Washington to cover up the earlier actions? The answers are just as simple: Let Congress hold the hearings and let the administration tell the truth. Republicans do not want any more on Whitewater than the American people want: full disclosure and then get on with governing. However, the administration cannot get Whitewater behind them until they agree to full and open disclosure.”