[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 51 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            A RIGHT TO KNOW

  (Mr. DeLay asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, it was Theodore Roosevelt who said in his 
third State of the Union address:

       No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we 
     ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it. 
     Obedience to the law is demanded as a right, not asked as a 
     favor.

  President Clinton should have kept that quote in mind before he 
invoked executive privilege. When Janet Reno appointed Ken Starr to 
investigate the various scandals that have beset the administration, he 
promised to follow the rule of law. He has done so despite the best 
efforts of the President's attack dogs to discredit him.
  The American people have a right to know the truth about the actions 
of the President and all the President's men. They have a right to know 
that the rule of law is still being followed in the White House.
  No man is above the law, no matter how often the President invokes 
executive privilege.

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