Toby Roth: “Yesterday the chairman of the Banking Committee ducked his responsibility to this House and to the American people.…”

“Yesterday the chairman of the Banking Committee ducked his responsibility to this House and to the American people. Required by law to hold RTC oversight hearings twice a year, the chairman said no. The cancer of the Whitewater/Madison scandal, Mr. Speaker, is robbing the presidency of what little integrity it has left. But the chairman passed the buck to the Democrat leadership, which to this point has done nothing but stonewall and run interference for the Clintons. In all fairness, Mr. Speaker, the chairman must be under incredible pressure, After all, Chairman Gonzalez introduced three impeachment resolutions during the Reagan and Bush administrations, and cosponsored a fourth. For his strength to whither at a critical moment such as this is a testament to the partisan desperation of the White House. Whether it is the Banking Committee, where the responsibility belongs, Mr. Speaker, or a select committee, the Clintons and the Democrat leadership are going to have to face an unhappy fact: The American people are going to get to the bottom of Whitewater.”