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Just a few weeks ago the President denied he had knowledge of any of this, and yet we know that he was briefed by Sandy Berger as far back as 1997. I can not understand why he is saying that. This chart, which I did not get to today, but I…
Mr. Speaker, is this war in our national interests? Does it involve the security of the United States? I think anybody who is familiar with this operation realizes that it is not. The Persian Gulf, on the other hand, did involve our…
I rise to address the issues of Communist China's efforts to steal our most advanced nuclear secrets, their funneling of illegal contributions to President Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, and how the Clinton administration, either…
Mr. Speaker, you can tell an awful lot about people by their children. And I regret that I never had the chance to meet Lee Hamilton's mom and dad, because they sure raised a wonderful son. I know his brother is a minister. I have never…
Yes, I would. And I would like to add that the Attorney General has appointed independent counsels for some of the periphery of this administration, but whenever it gets close to the Oval Office or people close to the Oval Office, there is…
Yes, and I am happy that the gentleman from Virginia brought that up. The Attorney General said before our committee that she was afraid that if they even gave us a redacted copy where they crossed out certain grand jury material, that…
Yes, and we have investigated Republicans as well as Democrats. But we need an independent counsel who is not beholden to anybody to get to the bottom of this whole thing.
for over 2 years now, despite overwhelming evidence, the Attorney General of the United States has refused to follow the law and the recommendations of her FBI director and the chief campaign finance prosecutor to appoint an independent…
I do not anticipate taking the whole 60 minutes, but I did think it was important to illuminate a few issues for my colleagues and for anybody in the country take might be paying attention. We have been investigating the illegal campaign…
a few years ago I was riding on an airplane, and I sat down next to a fellow who was a little reluctant to start talking to me initially. But we had about a 3-hour flight, and, as the flight progressed, I got a chance to get to know this…
I rise today to take a point of personal privilege and to discuss the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight's investigation into illegal campaign contributions and other crimes. My conduct as chairman has been criticized by many of…
I find it disheartening that President Clinton, and others opposing this legislation, would rather protect a public education system that is failing to educate the District's children, than do what is best for the families of our nation's…
the frustration level on my committee is very high. We know that millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions have come in from foreign sources from places like Communist China, Macao and Taiwan and South America. We do not know…
since the beginning of this investigation, the White House and the Democrats on our committee have done everything they possibly can to obstruct our investigation. Mr. Ruff, the President's counsel, told us initially he was not going to…
this historic bipartisan legislation restores the word trust to the Highway Trust Fund. For years the Congress has spent money dedicated to Highway Trust Fund on wasteful government programs, at the expense of our National transportation…
last week the President reportedly asserted executive privilege over conversations the President had with his longtime aid Bruce Lindsey as well as conversation the First Lady had with White House aide Sidney Blumenthal. This is the first…
as we close this week, I thought I would inform my colleagues and anyone else who may be paying attention that, regarding the investigation that I am charged to chair involving illegal foreign campaign contributions and the possibility of…
Let me say to my colleague who just spoke, the gentleman from Ohio, that I am sorry his amendment will not be made in order because of the Rules of the House. What I would like to do is inform the gentleman that we do have accountability…
the traditional way of doing business in Washington is to create yet another program or spend more money whenever we want to solve a problem. It is just more programs and more money. The President's fiscal year 1999 budget reflects this…
I am in favor of free trade around the world and free trade with Africa, I think, is extremely important. But there are provisions in this law that really concern me. For instance, only 35 percent of the product that is produced has to be…
I do not think I owe the gentleman an apology. First of all, the bill only authorizes that language, authorizes the English provisions in that bill. It does not mandate them, if the gentleman reads that.
First of all let me point out to my colleague from California, the people of Puerto Rico are citizens of the United States. They already are citizens. He says if they want a bite of the American dream. They already are Americans. The only…
I rise today to make some observations about the White House efforts to avoid accountability to the American people. It is very apparent that there has been a concerted White House attack on independent counsel Kenneth Starr, the…
Mr. Speaker, earlier this year I introduced H.R. 1836, the Federal Employees Health Protection Act of 1997, to protect Federal employees and taxpayers by helping to reduce fraud in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. This bill…
The situation right now is if we want information, we have two choices. We can go through all the court records, as the gentleman just mentioned, which is a very cumbersome task, or we can go to the Federal LSC offices. Only 8 percent of…
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