[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]




            WHITE HOUSE NOT COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATIONS

  (Mr. BRADY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRADY. Mr. Speaker, I sometimes wonder why investigations take so 
long around here. Maybe you do as well. I know that the White House has 
insisted that they are cooperating fully with the various 
investigations and investigators charged with finding out the truth 
about the illegal campaign contributions in the last elections. But I 
think I now know why we are having so much trouble getting there.
  There are 92 witnesses, that is 92 witnesses have either fled the 
country or taken the fifth amendment, refused to testify. When you are 
not afraid to tell the truth, if there is nothing to hide, why would 92 
American citizens flee this country or hide behind the fifth amendment?
  When the FBI director, Louis Freeh, was asked last year if he had 
ever seen this before, the only similarity he could draw was during the 
16 years he spent investigating organized crime cases. I do not know if 
this is organized crime, but I know the White House is saying it is 
cooperating fully, but no one is cooperating.

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