[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5385-H5386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, Americans across this great land know the 
old concept, the concept of the old order that ought to be the concept 
of the new order as well, ``Justice delayed is justice denied.''
  We know full well that justice is being denied and delayed again and 
again. We were told that it was inappropriate to consider the charges 
against the Speaker until the contract was passed. And then when the 
contract was passed, we were told it was [[Page H5386]] inappropriate 
to do it until after the congressional recess. Now we are told, well, 
maybe after Memorial Day. Justice is being delayed and justice is being 
denied because some people are unwilling to make the hard choices, the 
hard choices that demand that an independent counsel act without 
political bias to evaluate these charges, to decide whether they have 
merit.
  Anyone, be they old or new, ought to support that very old concept of 
impartial justice. Looking at these charges, seeing that they are 
resolved only through an independent counsel will that be done and we 
need that action immediately.

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