[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 55 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2820]
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                     CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATION

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, when someone takes on the job to be 
chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, in 
this case, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), they have an 
obligation to be impartial in conducting the investigation.
  The gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) has totally abrogated that 
responsibility, in particular this last week, in the way that he 
released the Hubbell tapes. The gentleman from Indiana carefully edited 
and rearranged the tapes, releasing them with errors and omissions so 
as to be damaging to the President.
  I ask, how can the gentleman's committee's investigation possibly be 
fair when the chairman acts in this fashion? The public is tired of 
this investigation. It is expensive. It has cost over $6 million so 
far. It takes away from the real issues that the House of 
Representatives should be addressing. But at least if the gentleman 
from Indiana is going to do the investigation, he should do it fairly. 
Since he cannot, he should be removed as the chairman in charge of the 
investigation.

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