[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 40 (Thursday, April 14, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 14, 1994]
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        THE DEMOCRATS' ONE-WAY STREET OF CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

  (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, a week ago President Clinton went to 
Charlotte, NC, to get away from the Washington press corps.
  At the town meeting, one woman asked: ``Many of us Americans are 
having a hard time with your credibility. How can you earn back our 
trust?''
  Mr. Speaker, I can tell the President how to regain America's trust. 
Tell Congress to hold hearings on Whitewater now.
  For some reason, the Democrats in Congress must think the President 
has something to hide. They think that they are doing him a favor by 
keeping a scandal under wraps.
  Interestingly, during the Reagan-Bush years, the Democrats held 25 
hearings.
  Apparently, it is all right for Democrats to investigate Republicans 
but not members of their own party.
  The constitutional responsibility of congressional oversight is not a 
one-way street. We need full disclosure and we need it now.

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