[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 58 (Thursday, May 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 12, 1994]
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                           SAD, BUT NECESSARY

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Congressman Jim Leach filed suit to 
force banking agencies to release documents relating to Whitewater.
  It is a sad day when a Member of Congress must sue to perform his 
oversight duties.
  It is even sadder when the majority leadership works hard to prevent 
that Member from his constitutionally required oversight duties.
  And it is sadder still when the executive branch reportedly conspires 
to cover up potentially embarrassing or illegal activities and makes 
the legislative branch's job even tougher.
  Mr. Speaker, the question is simple: Will the Congress support full 
disclosure or will it support full coverup?
  Will it support the Constitution or will it support political 
cronyism? Are we interested in truth or would we rather dabble in 
hearsay?
  Mr. Speaker, it is a sad day in this House and in this country when 
Jim Leach must sue to perform his duties.
  Mr. Speaker, I am from the sunshine State of Florida. The public has 
a right to know and government in the sunshine does work. We learned 
that here in the House banking scandal. It was a painful time and it 
was only full disclosure that began to restore some public confidence 
and some credibility in this institution. That is what it is going to 
take to restore confidence in the administration, full disclosure.

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