Sam Gibbons: “yesterday the announcement was made that an independent counsel will be appointed to investigate Interior Secretary…”

“yesterday the announcement was made that an independent counsel will be appointed to investigate Interior Secretary, Bruce Babbitt. To this I say: It is about time. Mr. Speaker, let us review what has happened here. When asked to explain why he denied a particular Indian gaming license, Secretary Babbitt responded that the administration instructed him to do so. Next, he denied ever having said that. Then he denied ever having made that denial. Finally, he has admitted that his original lie is the truth and that we just all have a big misunderstanding. Well, Mr. Speaker, perhaps it is a misunderstanding, but somewhere between all the lies, all the denials, and all the misunderstandings, a $300,000 campaign donation was made to the Democratic Party in exchange for governmental action against the noncontributing Indian tribe. Hopefully, the independent counsel will be able to sift through the lies and find the truth. Clearly, the American people deserve no less.”