[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 2, 1994]
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               HOW MANY INVESTIGATIONS OF WHITEWATERGATE?

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday on the House floor the chairman of 
the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs promised two sets 
of Whitewatergate hearings, hearings on the issue itself and hearings 
on RTC oversight. I know, because I clarified it with him seven times. 
Today the staff is saying that the chairman said no such thing. A 
promise made yesterday, a denial made today.
  The staff said what he said was not what he said and what we heard 
him say. Instead, what he said was said in a manner that was a 
misstatement on his part. Mr. Speaker, who speaks for the Committee on 
Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, its chairman or its staff? Who can 
Members of this House rely on for promises made to them, the chairman 
of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, or his staff? 
Who sets the agenda for the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban 
Affairs, the chairman, or the House Democratic leadership?
  The chairman of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs 
promised hearings on Whitewatergate as well as RTC oversight. We would, 
in good conscience, expect those hearings will be held, statements of 
the staff and the Speaker, notwithstanding.

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