Pete Domenici: “That is what I was just told by counsel. That the hearing took place 2 years ago has nothing to do with whether he…”

“That is what I was just told by counsel. That the hearing took place 2 years ago has nothing to do with whether he should believe what was in his diary. When we asked him, he had the diary put in front of him. There is also another one. There is April Breslaw. This is a good one. This witness refused to even verify that her own voice on a tape recording was actually hers. That is the kind of thing this chairman, this committee, and the competent staff had to go through day after day with White House witnesses. Why do I say that to the American people? I guarantee you that is what makes hearings go on forever. Hearings go on forever when you have to bring in extra witnesses to verify facts, when you have to bring in another witness to verify the verifier, and then some witnesses only know part of the truth, and others do not remember anything. That takes time. It takes energy. That takes competent legal counsel. That is one reason--because the huge entourage of witnesses were about as difficult as you will find in terms of volunteering information and getting it on the Record, getting it straight, and getting it right the first time. And the second reason we need an extension--it will come out in huge panorama for the American people, if the other side chooses to filibuster this--is that the White House and the White House staff are more responsible than anyone else for this committee being unable to get its work done.”