NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “What is even more compelling and even more difficult are some reports we hear that perhaps White House attorneys met…”

“What is even more compelling and even more difficult are some reports we hear that perhaps White House attorneys met with the Attorney General on Wednesday night, perhaps those people even had knowledge of those tapes and they did not share that knowledge with the Attorney General. Very, very disturbing and serious questions need to be answered. I would simply point out to those who would wrap themselves in that rather infamous excuse of no controlling legal authority that yes, Mr. Speaker, there is a controlling legal authority. It is called the Constitution of the United States, which gives this body and the other body in the legislative branch oversight ability to check on allegations and to deal with these growing concerns, and it is the role of the people's House and the other body here in the Capitol to exercise that oversight, because our constitutional Republic and those who live in it can demand nothing less.”