[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 137 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RENO PROTECTING WHITE HOUSE

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, is it any wonder that the day after the 
Attorney General makes a supposedly impartial preliminary decision last 
Friday clearing President Clinton of criminal conduct, that the White 
House suddenly releases videotapes of fundraisers at the White House? 
It is no coincidence that these videotapes were released to 
congressional investigators and the Justice Department after the 
Attorney General's decision. Senate investigators had previously asked 
if these tapes existed. The White House said no, they did not even 
exist.
  Also, Madam Speaker, who is to also believe that somehow a 60-second 
portion of audio is missing from the tape of a June 18, 1996, fund-
raising coffee at which witnesses recall John Huang asking for campaign 
contributions in the presence of the President?
  Madam Speaker, I think it is important that we go forward and call 
for a special independent prosecutor, to find out what is occurring 
here.

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