[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10108-H10109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       NO MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR EXPENSIVE FISHING EXPEDITIONS

  (Mr. EDWARDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, enough is enough. The gentleman from 
Georgia Mr. Bob Barr now says we should spend taxpayers' dollars for an 
expensive fishing expedition. Why? To see if there might possibly, 
conceivably, maybe be a reason to consider impeaching President 
Clinton. Ridiculous.
  First Republicans spent millions of taxpayers' hard-earned money to 
try to bring down President Clinton with Whitewater hearings. Strike 1. 
Then Republicans wasted taxpayers' money attacking Senator Landrieu's 
election in Louisiana. Strike 2. Now Republicans are trying to overturn 
the election of the gentlewoman from California Ms. Loretta Sanchez, 
and after an entire year, there is no proof her election should be 
overturned. Strike 3.
  Having struck out with taxpayers' money, the gentleman from Georgia 
[Mr. Barr] is now flailing away at the Constitution. Some Republicans, 
including the gentleman from Georgia, seem to love democracy. They just 
hate elections that do not go their way. The gentleman from Georgia 
[Mr. Barr] should accept that Mr. Clinton was elected by the American 
people. He may not like it, but it is time to get over it.

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