[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 87 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BUREAUCRATIC SNAFUS

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton administration is quickly 
becoming a litany of bureaucratic snafus and mistakes. Clinton responds 
to all of these mishaps the same way--``I was not aware of any 
wrongdoing.'' Notice that Clinton never says that the charges are 
completely false, they are just someone else's fault not his.
  When Bill Clinton campaigned it was ``I didn't inhale.''
  When Whitewater developed, it was ``I am not aware of any 
wrongdoing.''
  Finally, as the X-files scandal has developed, Clinton's response: 
``It appears to have been a completely honest bureaucratic snafu.''
  Mr. Speaker, I believe it was a completely bureaucratic snafu. But 
this administration has had far too many snafus to fool the American 
people into believing that these are all honest bureaucratic snafus. It 
is time for this administration to start taking a small measure of 
responsibility for its unethical actions. The people want honesty and 
integrity from the President.

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