[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING INVESTIGATIONS

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Madam Speaker, liberals are calling congressional 
investigations in the White House fund-raising scandals and political 
corruption a partisan witch hunt. Does anyone take this accusation 
seriously?
  The fact is, the only thing we are hunting for are the 6 foreign 
nationals that fled the country, the 10 foreign witnesses refusing 
interviews by the Thompson Committee and the 31 witnesses who have pled 
the fifth amendment.
  The same administration that claims to be cooperating fully with 
investigators has got a list of noncooperating witnesses that grows 
daily. They have a very strange notion of cooperation indeed.
  I am beginning to think that the liberal idea of campaign finance 
reform is to pass a law that says these crimes should not be 
investigated, political corruption should go unpunished, and 
lawbreaking should be overlooked if it involves foreigners of any kind, 
especially if those foreigners are from Communist countries.
  One wonders if the 50 fugitive friends of Bill are what the President 
had in mind when he pledged to have the most ethical administration in 
history.

                          ____________________