NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Indeed, I thank my friend from Georgia because, since we sadly have lapsed into hyperbole and always want to be mindful…”

“Indeed, I thank my friend from Georgia because, since we sadly have lapsed into hyperbole and always want to be mindful of the technical requirements of our good friend, the gentleman from Michigan, we can indulge in an institutional memory in this Chamber long before I arrived here. Indeed, the Wall Street Journal opined on this subject this morning, discussing the tactics of previous chairmen in this House, how one gentleman 'used to arrange to have full, detailed news stories appear the same morning his victims were scheduled to testify.' It is very interesting to hear these protestations of a lack of fairness when history is replete with so many abridgements, so many convenient sharings of facts from so many committee chairmen for so long under a previous majority. Again, while we could score debating points, that simply only serves to distract us and play tit for tat when there is a larger question at stake. Though the truth may ultimately turn out to be uncomfortable perhaps for us all, indeed for us all, why would anyone choose to obfuscate and call into question fellow Members of Congress when, instead, the problem, as much of the evidence indicates, has little to do with the rules of this House and everything, sadly, to do with the reported practices, questionable practices of fund-raising and relationships, and sadly what in fact could turn out, Mr. Speaker, to be crimes. Why not get to the heart of the matter? The people in my district want to know.”