[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 16, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 16, 1994]
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                   TURNING WHITEWATER INTO BACKWATER

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as each day goes by, another shoe 
falls in the Whitewater story. In fact Whitewater seems to have more 
shoes than a centipede.
  Now, according to the President, Mr. Speaker, Whitewater is the 
Republicans' fault. Amazing. We made no investment. We did not become 
land speculators. We did not claim any losses on our tax returns. But 
somehow Whitewater is our fault.
  It used to be that the buck stopped at the President's desk, but, 
when it comes to Whitewater, we cannot find where the buck started or 
stopped. Regretfully Congress is picking up on the President's bad 
habits. It seems the buck does not stop here either.
  Despite questions that grow daily, Mr. Speaker, Congress cannot hold 
one hearing on even one aspect of this suspicious story. In Congress 
our Democrat leaders are trying to turn Whitewater into backwater. As 
Whitewater becomes white hot though, the Democrats are trying to white 
it out.

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