[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 51 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          DEMOCRATS STONEWALLING THEIR OWN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

  (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, the House Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight would like to grant immunity to Nancy Lee, Larry Wong, Irene 
Wu and Kent La and get their testimony so that Congress can learn the 
facts about illegal campaign contributions in the 1996 presidential 
election. The Justice Department does not oppose the granting of 
immunity to these four key witnesses, but the Democrats on the 
committee refuse, refuse to grant immunity to these four witnesses.
  How can this be defended? It cannot. This is the same people who cry 
partisanship whenever any investigation into the allegations of 
wrongdoing are investigated and the same people who are not only 
defending the White House stonewalling but now stonewalling their own 
Justice Department.
  I must grant the Democrats this, they really do know how to play 
hardball, but this is the same people who have tried to destroy the 
reputations of Judge Robert Bork and Judge Clarence Thomas and now 
Judge Ken Starr are now the same people who stand silent and motionless 
in the face of massive evidence of White House stonewalling and round-
the-clock spin.
  Stop the stalling and stop the spin so the American people can get to 
the truth.

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