[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 9, 1994]
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                DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP: ``I SEE NOTHING''

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, perhaps it should not have been surprising 
to have Members of the Democratic leadership come to the floor today 
defending President Clinton in the midst of scandal after scandal 
rising in his administration. But it is somewhat surprising that the 
Democrats who have always been willing to investigate scandal are now 
unwilling to investigate scandal in the House committees.
  It seems to me the Democratic leadership is developing what I would 
call the Sergeant Schultz defense.
  Some of you will remember Sergeant Schultz. He was on the show called 
Hogan's Heroes. He was the bumbling German sergeant who, when 
confronted with wrongdoing, would say, ``I see nothing, I see 
nothing.'' Well, it seems to me that the Democratic leadership is now 
coming up with the same kind of strategy. While scandal after scandal 
mounts in this administration, the Democrats' response is, ``I see 
nothing.''

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