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Jack Kingston: I want to point out also under the Democrats, we had an 8-year investigation of Labor Secretary Ray Donovan and a 7-year…

On the recordMay 12, 1998
I want to point out also under the Democrats, we had an 8-year investigation of Labor Secretary Ray Donovan and a 7-year investigation of HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce, and on those, I do not think there were any convictions. Starr has not been on the case 4 years, has spent $24 million, and had 14 convictions or guilty pleas. If we could get cooperation in a bipartisan manner, we could probably cut the time and the dollar amount in half.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing the costs and outcomes of investigations during a congressional debate.

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