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Dan Burton: Yes; and I think one of the things that we should do is we should write a letter to the President, and I believe we will…

On the recordJanuary 31, 1995
Yes; and I think one of the things that we should do is we should write a letter to the President, and I believe we will probably have one drafted sometime tomorrow asking the President to have the Commerce Secretary step aside while this investigation is taking place so it will not cast any aspersions on the administration. You know, the administration has had a lot of problems in the past year with not only allegations but proven allegations being made public on a number of administration officials, Web Hubbell and Mr. Altman and others, and Mr. Nussbaum, and as a result those people having been forced to resign, and I think the administration would be well advised to ask Mr. Brown to step aside. They do not have to ask him to resign his post if they do not want to, but ask him to step aside so he does not conduct any of his official duties while this investigation is taking place.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Addressing the need for the Commerce Secretary to step aside during an investigation.

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