[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 144 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       DEMOCRATS SHOULD STOP HELPING WHITE HOUSE OBSTRUCT JUSTICE

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Madam Speaker, more and more Americans are concerned 
about the fund-raising scandal going on and the coverup going on over 
at the White House. In fact, a majority of Americans are now calling 
for an independent prosecutor. Yet all the Democrats give us is the 
``they did it, too.''
  But the New York Times editorial said on July 16, 1997, quote, the 
White House fundraising scandal cannot be covered up by the standard 
spin of the ``they-did-it-too'' or the equally shop worn ``whoops-
sorry-about-that.''
  The Detroit News says there is a pattern here. The administration 
appears to have perfected the art of delay and obstruction. Democrats 
have been dragooned into doing the downfield blocking and tackling in 
Congress for the sleaziest White House since U.S. Grant. And 
videotapes, documents, and witnesses are discovered too late to be 
examined before congressional hearings. That is the New York Times and 
the Detroit News.
  I ask the Democrats to show moral courage, step forward and stop 
helping this White House obstruct justice.

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