[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 157 (Sunday, November 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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INVESTIGATION OF 1996 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
(Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. TIAHRT. Madam Speaker, investigations into crimes that may have
been committed during the 1996 Presidential campaign are about a lot
more than taking foreign money. They are a lot more than just the
effort to secretly get around the rules that everyone else had to
follow and then worry about explaining the misdeeds after the election.
No, Madam Speaker, the liberal media attempts to downplay this
scandal. These investigations are also about compromising national
security, about selling out American foreign policy to the highest
bidder and acting in complicity with the Communist Government of China
to subvert the democratic process in the United States.
I believe that I am correct, Madam Speaker, that both Democrats and
Republicans would agree that these charges are truly alarming. In fact,
all Americans who believe in democracy, who believe that America should
decide who should rule over America and who believe that secret money
laundering operations represent political corruption at its most
disgraceful, all believe that we must find out the truth about these
scandals. Democracy demands it.
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