[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE WHOLE TRUTH

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, once again we are told that the White House 
is cooperating fully with Judge Starr and other investigators assigned 
by Attorney General Reno to discover the truth about allegations of 
wrongdoing. Their idea of cooperating fully is somewhat laughable. 
Consider recent revelations about how the White House is cooperating 
fully with the independent counsel.
  The White House hired private investigator Terry Lenzner to dig up 
dirt on Federal investigators. The White House has spread false rumors 
to reporters including a false allegation about the conduct of a Starr 
investigator during a 1994 trial. The White House has repeatedly leaked 
information to the press and then turned around and blamed Starr's 
office for leaks.
  Mr. Speaker, two questions need to be answered. One, what money paid 
for the private investigators, tax dollars or private funds? And, two, 
who got the results of the investigation, the dirt?
  Mr. Speaker, I do not know what others think, but I am getting tired 
of falsehoods. Regardless of what the polls say, the American people 
deserve better, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

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