Daniel Glickman: “The independence of the Committee on the Judiciary in my judgment would be threatened by a mandatory independent counsel…”

I think that the leadership on the subcommittee, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bryant] particularly, but also the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Gekas] and other Republicans, were very constructive in trying to work this out as well as…

Virtually every State legislature in the world has significant restrictions on gifts. The public believes on occasion we do in fact take favors, and I think this is a good first step to establish some principles that were honest and true…

First of all, I compliment the gentleman from New York. He at least comes up with something that makes real proposals. I disagree with most of them, but there is at least some intellectual honesty in here. The problem with his proposals is…

And in fact virtually every Attorney General, Republican and Democrat, are very opposed to the provisions of the amendment that the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Gekas] is seeking which mandates that an independent counsel be appointed.