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Joel Hefley: liberals are calling congressional investigations in the White House fund-raising scandals and political corruption a…

On the recordSeptember 25, 1997
liberals are calling congressional investigations in the White House fund-raising scandals and political corruption a partisan witch hunt. Does anyone take this accusation seriously? The fact is, the only thing we are hunting for are the 6 foreign nationals that fled the country, the 10 foreign witnesses refusing interviews by the Thompson Committee and the 31 witnesses who have pled the fifth amendment. The same administration that claims to be cooperating fully with investigators has got a list of noncooperating witnesses that grows daily. They have a very strange notion of cooperation indeed. I am beginning to think that the liberal idea of campaign finance reform is to pass a law that says these crimes should not be investigated, political corruption should go unpunished, and lawbreaking should be overlooked if it involves foreigners of any kind, especially if those foreigners are from Communist countries. One wonders if the 50 fugitive friends of Bill are what the President had in mind when he pledged to have the most ethical administration in history.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado

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Addressing congressional investigations into White House fundraising scandals and political corruption.

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