[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 26, 1994]
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                               THE TRUTH

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, today the Congress will finally get a chance 
to do its job on Whitewater. It is not much of a chance considered the 
restrictions placed on the hearings by the chairman of the Committee on 
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, but at least it is some chance.
  The American people have many questions about Whitewater, but one 
sticks out in significance: Does the President's handling of Whitewater 
tell us anything about his ability to lead in an effective and 
trustworthy manner? The only way to know the answer is to get full 
disclosure: Full disclosure from the President's assistants, full 
disclosure from the President's wife, full disclosure from the 
President himself.
  That does not mean artfully dancing around the questions, it does not 
mean giving half-truths. It does not mean obstructing justice, and it 
does not mean having a committee chairman restrict the hearings to 
prevent the truth from coming out.
  I remember the glee with which that same chairman looked into the 
savings and loan debacle when Neil Bush was involved. We could use a 
little of that same enthusiasm in getting at the truth in this case.
  Mr. Speaker, it is hard to say what exactly we will discover when 
these hearings are completed. But we deserve the truth, the whole 
truth, and nothing but the truth.

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