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Gerald Ford: “That is somewhat different from the Ethics Committee or a grand jury investigation. When staff is called to go before…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 1996
That is somewhat different from the Ethics Committee or a grand jury investigation. When staff is called to go before the committee, to have representation, the Senate pays for that. The Senate furnishes attorneys. If the Senator himself or herself is not involved, then the Senate pays for the legal counsel. So what you have here is that in certain instances we pay--we, being the taxpayers--pay for the legal counsel. In this particular case it comes out of the individual's pocket, hundreds of thousands of dollars. So I think that we are making a real mistake here, crushing families financially for the political whim of a few individuals.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing the financial burden on individuals involved in Senate investigations.

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