[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10173-H10174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        AMERICANS WANT THE TRUTH

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, recent news reports have all Americans 
asking, did the Secretary of the Interior,


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Bruce Babbitt, enact government policy in return for a political 
contribution? When first pressed for the answer, Secretary Babbitt 
denied that any political pressure was applied to influence his 
decisionmaking. Now, however, after some ``vision in the night,'' he 
sings a different tune and freely admits that the DNC chairman, Harold 
Ickes, demanded an immediate decision regarding an Indian casino 
application, and that a political contribution would be made to the DNC 
for this decision.
  Well, what is it going to be, Mr. Secretary? Did you or did you not 
make government policy in exchange for a $286,000 donation to the DNC? 
You cannot have it both ways.
  These are just some of the serious questions to which the American 
people deserve answers. Notwithstanding any other mitigating factors, 
an independent counsel and investigation into this scandal is clearly 
justified.
  On behalf of all Americans, I demand the truth.

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