[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM INVESTIGATION STYMIED AT EVERY TURN

  (Mr. SESSIONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, during the past few days, we have heard a 
lot about the ability to hear from witnesses in an objective 
investigation of the facts surrounding campaign financing. All I hear 
from the Democrats is that Congress must vote on campaign finance 
reform.
  Well, my committee, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, 
is trying to find out what is wrong with campaign financing. But our 
investigation had been stymied at every single turn. There are 
witnesses who have been unavailable to the committee, 46 witnesses who 
have refused to testify, asserting protections against self-
incrimination, and 12 witnesses who have fled the country.
  Incredibly, the Democrats on the committee have refused to allow 
immunity for witnesses that Janet Reno, the Attorney General, says 
should have immunity. Mr. Speaker, this will prevent us from hearing 
from those witnesses. My question to the Democrats is this: What are 
you attempting to hide?

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