[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     BARBARIANS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Madam Speaker, Harry Thomason, a friend of the President 
who was forced out of the White House in the Travelgate affair once 
said he planned to stay, and I quote, until the barbarians are driven 
from the gate.
  Well, the barbarians are now in the White House. History tells us 
that barbarian kings commonly killed the messenger if the messenger was 
the bearer of bad tidings.
  That barbaric practice in a more civilized way exists today. You see, 
the White House does not like the message Judge Ken Starr is bringing. 
That message is possibly, just possibly the President of the United 
States misrepresented the truth, attempted to obstruct justice, and 
encouraged others to perjure themselves. So since the White House does 
not like the message, they have attacked Judge Ken Starr. It is a new 
version of kill the messenger if you do not like the message.
  Madam Speaker, America must demand the truth, because if there is no 
truth, there is no justice. If there is no justice in Washington, there 
is no justice in Wichita, Kansas or anywhere else in the United States

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