[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2442-H2443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IMMUNITY FOR KEY WITNESSES IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE OVERSIGHT INVESTIGATION

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, Congress has run into a wall, a massive 
stonewall in its attempts to carry out its constitutional oversight 
responsibility. This stonewall is unprecedented and absolutely 
breathtaking in its audacity.
  The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight has worked closely 
with the Justice Department on the issue of granting immunity so that 
key witnesses will testify. I have here in my hand four letters from 
the Justice Department stating that the Justice Department has no 
opposition to the committee's granting of immunity to four key 
witnesses in the campaign finance oversight investigations.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democrats on the committee have refused to grant 
immunity to these witnesses. I have heard of stonewalling before. The 
Democrats on the committee have been stonewalling investigators for 
over 2 years, but now they are stonewalling their own Justice 
Department. They got away with it before, so maybe they figure they can 
stonewall all they want and no one will hold them accountable.
  Let us grant these witnesses immunity and get to the truth. I think 
it is the best way to get to the truth, and I think Americans deserve 
the truth.

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