Don Nickles: “I rise today to make a couple of observations. One is that it is very apparent that there is a concerted attack on…”

“I rise today to make a couple of observations. One is that it is very apparent that there is a concerted attack on Kenneth Starr, the court-appointed independent counsel investigating several serious allegations against the Clinton administration. Some of those attacks were made today on the floor of the Senate. I believe a previous attack was made earlier in the week in the Senate. And I think Mrs. Clinton joined in the attack on Judge Starr. So, there appears to be a concerted attempt by the President, his staff, his wife, and others to attack Kenneth Starr as the independent counsel. I just think that is inappropriate. Just for the information of my colleagues, I have known Ken Starr. I understand that he clerked for the Supreme Court for Chief Justice Warren Burger when he got out of law school. I got to know him when he was assistant and chief of staff to Attorney General William French Smith during the Reagan administration. That is the first time I got to know him. And I remember him when he served as Solicitor General of the United States and argued cases on behalf of the United States before the Supreme Court. I happened to sit in on one or two. In one case that I remember in particular, he did a very fine job. He represented the United States very well.”