[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 8, 1994]
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                        DON'T BLAME REPUBLICANS

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, what is going on at the White House?
  After a series of critical errors by the President's staff regarding 
the Whitewater affair, Mr. Clinton blamed Republicans for fomenting 
hysteria.
  This is like blaming the other team when you fumble the football in 
the open field.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans simply want to get to the bottom of this 
whole affair. And we are not alone. So do the American people.
  In fact, it is the media that has done most of the leg work to 
investigate what the White House, the Rose law firm and the Justice 
Department have been doing in regard to Whitewater.
  If the President wants to blame someone for the media's feeding 
frenzy, I suggest he first look in his own shop.
  There he will find missteps, mistakes, fumbles, foibles, folly, and 
foolishness, all of which has contributed to the perception of a 
coverup. Mr. Speaker, the President should not blame Republicans for 
Whitewater. It is not our fault.

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