[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 23, 1994]
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         CANCELLATION OF RTC OVERSIGHT HEARINGS RAISES CONCERNS

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Banking Committee, I feel 
compelled to express my concern about the decision to cancel the 
semiannual RTC oversight hearing, which was mandated by law to have 
been held by December 3.
  Mr. Speaker, this is the people's house and the arrogance of power 
must not undermine the confidence that the American people hold in this 
institution.
  We are not members of some regulatory agency. We are Representatives 
in the U.S. Congress, and this body has a constitutional oversight 
obligation on this matter. Across the country, in polls and everyday 
conversations, there is concern about what is going on in Washington 
and why the special counsel is issuing subpoenas to top White House 
officials. It is in the President's best interests that we disclose all 
the facts related to this matter so that Americans can return our focus 
to issues of importance to our Nation.
  There have been numerous congressional hearings into Presidential 
activities in the past: 25 in the past 12 years--many for more 
frivolous matters than this affair. Let us hold hearings, find the 
truth, and get this matter behind us so we can return to the work the 
American people sent us here to do.

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