[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 58 (Thursday, May 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 12, 1994]
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             HEARINGS WERE FREQUENT DURING REAGAN-BUSH ERA

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, during the Reagan-Bush Presidencies, the 
Democrats in Congress took the oversight responsibilities very 
seriously.
  During those years, Congress conducted hearings or investigations 
into 25 separate allegations of ethical or legal wrongdoing. Whether it 
was President Reagan, Bush, George Schultz, Jim Baker--no one escaped 
the wrath of hearings or a special prosecutor.
  Since 1993, however, curiously the pace has slowed. No hearings in 
Congress were held on travelgate. No hearings were held on the Ron 
Brown allegations. And, no hearings have been held on Whitewater.
  Mr. Speaker, I think even the Maytag repairman has been busier than 
the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittees.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for full disclosure. On March 22, 408 Members 
of this House voted for Whitewater hearings. If this vote was not a 
sham, then it is time to schedule these hearings. Full disclosure now.

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