[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 22, 1994]
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                         DUCKING RESPONSIBILITY

  (Mr. ROTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the chairman of the Banking 
Committee ducked his responsibility to this House and to the American 
people.
  Required by law to hold RTC oversight hearings twice a year, the 
chairman said no.
  The cancer of the Whitewater/Madison scandal, Mr. Speaker, is robbing 
the presidency of what little integrity it has left. But the chairman 
passed the buck to the Democrat leadership, which to this point has 
done nothing but stonewall and run interference for the Clintons.
  In all fairness, Mr. Speaker, the chairman must be under incredible 
pressure,
  After all, Chairman Gonzalez introduced three impeachment resolutions 
during the Reagan and Bush administrations, and cosponsored a fourth.
  For his strength to whither at a critical moment such as this is a 
testament to the partisan desperation of the White House.
  Whether it is the Banking Committee, where the responsibility 
belongs, Mr. Speaker, or a select committee, the Clintons and the 
Democrat leadership are going to have to face an unhappy fact: The 
American people are going to get to the bottom of Whitewater.

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