Political Quotes

“I rise today to put in the Record three letters. One is a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno concerning Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, suggesting that given all of the recent allegations that he be suspended pending a thorough investigation, since he is currently the acting No. 2 person in the Justice Department. The other two letters are letters to yourself and the majority leader, Mr. Gephardt, simply suggesting that on a bipartisan basis, with all of the events of the last week about Whitewater and about various concerns potentially involving obstruction of justice and subpoenas being delivered to the White House and the Treasury Department, that it be useful on a bipartisan basis to try to sort out what hearings need to be held, what subpoena powers need to be created for the committees, and also to report to you and to Mr. Gephardt on certain problems that involve getting information from the General Accounting Office and in other areas. It does seem to me there is a legitimate public interest in our exploring in a formal, official way in the legislative branch the recent allegations, and so I simply am submitting these letters as a first step toward having a bipartisan effort to hold fair hearings in a fair way.”