[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 24, 1994]
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                        WHITEWATER HEARINGS NOW

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Madam Speaker, for the past 2 months, the majority 
leadership has asked the minority to hold off pressing for Whitewater 
hearings, and allow Special Prosecutor Robert Fiske a free hand.
  Yet only last week, Mr. Fiske acknowledged that he felt congressional 
hearings would not be inappropriate at this time.
  So, what are we waiting for? Today, my colleague, the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Doolittle], will introduce a resolution calling for 
immediate congressional hearings on the Whitewater scandal.
  Congressional hearings are our constitutional responsibility, and the 
American public deserves the truth.
  Madam Speaker, it is very simple. There are only two steps the 
majority needs to take to help restore institutional accountability and 
public credibility:
  First, minority leaders must have access to executive branch 
information.
  And second, the majority leadership must act in good faith as honest 
brokers of the public's trust, rather than Hill barons bent on partisan 
manipulations.
  Madam Speaker, we have been patient, but our nerves are wearing very 
thin, and more importantly so are those of the American people.
  We need Whitewater hearings now.

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