Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the truth is that the plea agreement entered into by Mr. Rota indicates that he will provide such information whenever and in whatever form the U.S. attorney's office shall reasonably request. The U.S. attorney's office is not going to let Mr. Rota testify with immunity before the Ethics Committee. We will have to grant immunity if we want him to testify. Twenty-six times during the Irangate Congress granted use immunity. If we grant use immunity, then the prosecutor, the U.S. attorney, must prove that any information that was obtained through the testimony of Mr. Rota was not used in bringing the criminal charges. It is an impossible burden. One thing we know about the Istook resolution, it requests the Ethics Commission to do something that the U.S. attorney's office says will severely risk the integrity of the criminal investigation.”