[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO PROMISE NOT TO PARDON THE McDOUGALS

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, I believe the American people deserve a clear 
and unequivocal promise from the President that prior to or after the 
November 5 election he will not pardon Jim and Susan McDougal or anyone 
else connected with the Whitewater scandal.
  Recent public comments have tended to give us the idea that the 
President may want to pardon people involved in this scandal. I would 
just call to his attention that this is not a conviction that was 
caused by his office. This was caused by people who let their greed get 
in the way of their good sense, who played loose with the law and with 
the taxpayer-protected funds that they were managing, all to the 
detriment of the American taxpayer and the hard-working, saving 
American citizens.
  Mr. President, do not, do not pardon people who have been convicted 
of crimes. The American people will remember.

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