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Dan Burton: “I stand corrected. But I would just like to ask the question, why is there this double standard? This double standard…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1995
I stand corrected. But I would just like to ask the question, why is there this double standard? This double standard should not occur. People who are held to a high standard in one body of this government should not be singled out when people in other areas of our Government are able to get away with these things, or at least not be allowed, the people who accuse them, to have their day in court or have hearings on the alleged improprieties. The media in this country in my opinion should show some balance. No one, regardless of what party they serve, no one, regardless of what branch of government they serve, should be allowed to get away with these alleged sexual improprieties, and yet it is obvious to me, and I think to other Members of this body, that a double standard does exist.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Addressing perceived double standards in accountability for alleged sexual improprieties in government.

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