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On the recordMarch 23, 1994
I thought I had heard it all, I thought I had seen it all, and I thought I almost had smelled it all, Watergate and Iran-Contra, but evidently not. James McDougal of Madison Savings and Loan has taken dirt to a higher level. James McDougal is selling the dirt of Whitewater for $19.95 a cubic foot, ladies and gentlemen. And for $19.95 you not only get the dirt, you get a nonpartisan dirt deed. Now, look here. I do not know what Hillary did. I still like her. I do not know what the President did. He is doing his job. But I want you to think about something: If these good old boys from Arkansas are willing to sell that Whitewater dirt, those good old boys from Arkansas just might be willing to manufacture some of the Whitewater dirt, too. I want Congress to think about it, especially Judge David L. Hale, ladies and gentlemen. Let us get down to business and run our country. We do not need to be dumping more dirt on the White House.

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Addressing the Whitewater controversy and its implications during a House floor speech.

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