[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: March 17, 1994]
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THE FACTS ON WHITEWATER
(Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, let us put aside President Clinton's Rumple-
stiltskinesque tirade of a few days ago and examine the facts.
No. 1. It was Jerry Brown, a Democrat not a Republican, who--in a
1992 debate right before the Illinois primary--first said that the then
Governor's ``wife's law firm is representing clients before State
agencies, his appointees.''
No. 2. It was the New York Times not the Washington Times which
published the first article on Whitewater. By the way, that article was
summarily dismissed during the campaign by the now infamously
incomplete Lyon's report.
No. 3. Congress conducted hearings and/or investigations into 25
separate allegations of ethical wrongdoing during the Reagan and Bush
administrations. To date, Congress has yet to conduct a single hearing
or investigation into the Clinton administration.
Mr. Speaker, before President Clinton falls below the floor boards of
American politics he ought to do himself and the American public a
favor, disclose.
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