[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10350-H10351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ALLEGED WRONGDOINGS OF SECRETARY BABBITT

  (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, Americans deserve the truth and they 
deserve an answer. Did the Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt 
wield political power in exchange for the promise of a campaign 
contribution? Did the order to do so come from the White House? These 
are very serious questions that the American people deserve to have 
answered.
  Well, let us ask Secretary Babbitt. First he says, ``No.'' Then he 
says, ``Yes, I did it, but I was only doing as I was told.'' Now the 
answer approved by the White House is, ``I don't know.'' Well, how many 
scandals and how

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many allegations of criminal wrongdoing will the executive branch of 
this Government respond to with, ``I don't know''? Well, maybe this 
Congress should instruct the Centers for Disease Control to investigate 
the rampant selective loss of memory in this administration.
  However, Mr. Speaker, I am here to say enough is enough. American 
people deserve the truth. I urge Attorney General Reno to appoint an 
independent counsel to investigate the alleged wrongdoings of Secretary 
Bruce Babbitt.

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