William Bryan: “I take no backseat to any Member in this Chamber in terms of trying to ascertain and ferret out the truth as it relates…”

“I take no backseat to any Member in this Chamber in terms of trying to ascertain and ferret out the truth as it relates to the so-called matter which has been embraced--the subject of Whitewater. We have today spent some 277 days on this matter. We have heard from more than 100 witnesses. We have collected more than 45,000 pages of documents. That is an enormous expenditure of time and effort. Mr. Starr, the special counsel, has spent some $25 million to date to engage 30 attorneys and 100 FBI agents working in concert with them. If we are truly interested in getting at the truth, and ascertaining if in fact there is any wrongdoing arising out of these matters, I believe that we have vested Mr. Starr with the authority and the resources to be complete and exhaustive in his review of all facts called to his attention. My personal observation of Mr. Starr is that he is competent, he is aggressive, he is tough, and he is energetic.”