[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 23, 1994]
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                  ELECTED OFFICIALS NOT ABOVE THE LAW

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, the American people have become increasingly 
disturbed as they have seen the Congress declare itself above the law 
in so many instances. All kinds of laws passed by the Congress apply to 
everybody else in society, but do not apply to the Congress. The 
American people find that to be hypocritical and they find it to be a 
situation that should not be allowed to continue.
  But the Democrats, who control the Congress, have now gone one step 
further. The Democrats in this administration have now gone to their 
Justice Department to find out whether or not the President cannot be 
declared above the law. This, despite the fact that on this floor over 
a period of some years now, Democrats have come to us consistently 
saying no President is ever above the law.
  Now what they have done is asked the Attorney General to do research 
for the President's private attorney so that the President's private 
attorney can go into court and declare the President above the law.
  The Democrats were right in the first place. No President is above 
the law and the Congress should not be above the law. The American 
people should expect that the laws that apply to them apply to all of 
us who serve in government as well.

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