John Conyers: “I take the floor today to join many of my Democratic and Republican colleagues in voicing concerns about reports that…”

“I take the floor today to join many of my Democratic and Republican colleagues in voicing concerns about reports that the Office of the Independent Counsel, headed by Mr. Starr, is considering sending an interim report to the House concerning his investigation. Just this week, the distinguished gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde), chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, as well as several other Republican Members, including the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Livingston) and the distinguished Senator of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch, have addressed themselves to this topic and have expressed serious reservations about the wisdom and propriety of any referral to Congress that is incomplete or unfinished. I agree with these Members of the majority as well as several of my Democratic colleagues on the Committee on the Judiciary... that if such a partial report were actually to be delivered prior to Mr. Starr's having completed his investigation, it could only be viewed as a partisan act intended to influence this fall's election.”