[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H8638-H8639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      WHERE ARE THE KEY WITNESSES?

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, a great article today in the Los Angeles 
Times: ``The Hubbell Satellite Finds a New Star 25,000 Light-years 
Away,'' an amazing story.
  I have got an idea. I am writing the UCLA scientist team who pulled 
this together saying: ``Dear Scientists: I read with much interest and 
excitement your discovery of a star located 25,000 light-years away 
from Earth. I congratulate you on this amazing feat.
  ``I also have a question for you: We, in Congress, have been trying 
to hold hearings to determine if certain people gave a certain 
administration illegal contributions. Our problem is that key witnesses 
have inconveniently disappeared. This upset lots of good Democrats and 
Republicans who want to get to the bottom of this scandal.
  ``Question: Do you think that we could use the powerful infrared eyes 
of your amazing telescope to find the following people?'' And I have 
them listed here. These are Charlie Trie, Ming Chen, Stanley Ho, John 
Muncy, Ng Lap Seng, folks who are big Democratic donors who have 
disappeared.
  If we could use the Hubbell, we could find these folks and get to the 
bottom of this scandal. I hope the scientists write us back and tell us 
we can use the telescope.

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