Thomas Daschle: “I am deeply disturbed that on the very day that the President found himself on the operating table, our colleagues chose…”

“I am deeply disturbed that on the very day that the President found himself on the operating table, our colleagues chose to file a resolution demanding that there be an independent counsel investigating the President. Moreover, on the very day the President leaves for Helsinki to begin negotiating extraordinarily important matters with heads of state, this body has chosen to vote on the independent counsel resolution. Taste and timeliness were certainly not factors in making the decision to bring about the resolutions under these circumstances. The second issue involves necessity. Certainly necessity wasn't a matter of concern here either.”