[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 64 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THE FIFTH OR FLEE? WHY IS THE WHITE HOUSE STONEWALLING

  (Mr. HORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, these are the six individuals about which the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight is seeking to obtain 
documents from the White House.
  Three of them, former associate attorney general Webb Hubbell, 
Commerce Department official John Huang, and White House aide Mark 
Middleton, have all invoked their fifth amendment rights and have 
refused to cooperate with the committee.
  The others, banking tycoon James Riady, Arkansas fundraiser Charlie 
Trie, and Thai businesswoman Pauline Kanchanalak, left the country.
  Mr. Speaker, the White House is continuing to stonewall us and has 
refused to hand over the key documents on these six people.
  The House of Representatives has a right to know. The American people 
have a right to know.

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