Political Quotes

“I have always supported an independent counsel bill, and I was one who supported it back in 1978 when it first passed, but it seems to me we should learn something from experience. A mere reauthorization of the law as it has presently stood until it lapsed last December just will not cut it. It indicates that we are impervious to the lessons of experience. For example, there is the matter of treatment of classified information. We have heard stories about the independent counsel that investigated the Iran-Contra controversy taking a suitcase full of classified material that was used in a deposition out on the west coast of former President Reagan and tossing it to a red cap at the curb of the Los Angeles Airport, and it has never been seen again. And it was not reported for many, many weeks. That cannot happen. That should not happen. There should be some accountability. The chairman of our committee... has thoughtfully prepared an amendment that says the independent counsel shall follow the laws and the regulations pertaining to classified material. That is well and good, but where is the sanction? There is no sanction.”