[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 157 (Sunday, November 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H10426-H10427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   THE LEGACY OF THIS ADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

[[Page H10427]]

  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Madam Speaker, we have really got to hand 
it to this administration. This is the first administration in history 
that has combined distinguishing characteristics and no controlling 
legal authority into a legal defense that the media are actually taking 
seriously, and then spends half the day talking about their legacy. 
Somehow, I think the legacy that they are likely to leave is not going 
to be the same legacy they have in mind.
  Let us face it, when key witnesses keep turning up either dead, 
unwilling to testify, or hiding out in foreign countries, I do not 
think this is simply a question of partisan politics, despite the view 
repeated endlessly on ABC, NBC, and CBS that investigations into the 
1996 Presidential campaign are much ado about nothing.
  If there is nothing to hide, then I ask my fair-minded friends at 
ABC, NBC, and CBS, why are over 50 witnesses with critical information, 
why have they either fled the country or taken the fifth? The only 
scandal bigger than the Clinton-Gore campaign is the way the media have 
covered it since all these outrageous campaign finance violations have 
come to light. This, too, will be part of the legacy.

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