[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 58 (Thursday, May 12, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: May 12, 1994]
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                  FULL, OPEN DISCLOSURE ON WHITEWATER

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton has a new strategy for 
dodging the blame on Whitewater. He claims this is all just a partisan 
attack from Republicans. Then, he claims Republicans are using it to 
hold up government.
  I would say to my colleagues that the President is desperate for a 
way out of Whitewater and does not have a clue how to get there.
  If the administration needs to find where the Whitewater problem is 
coming from, it need look no further than the mirror.
  The Whitewater questions are this simple: Was public trust betrayed 
and elected position misused in Arkansas to gain financial favors? And 
was public trust again betrayed and elected government position again 
misused in Washington to cover up the earlier actions?
  The answers are just as simple: Let Congress hold the hearings and 
let the administration tell the truth.
  Republicans do not want any more on Whitewater than the American 
people want: full disclosure and then get on with governing.
  However, the administration cannot get Whitewater behind them until 
they agree to full and open disclosure.

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