[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 55 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2820-H2821]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATION

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), 
chairman, has seriously threatened the integrity of the House and its 
ability to conduct a fair investigation. First, the gentleman released 
tapes which, as the Washington Post states today, mainly deal with 
``highly personal matters of no conceivable relevance to any public 
inquiry.''
  We discover that the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), chairman, 
is so determined to smear the President that he doctored those tapes 
and he altered the content to suit his own purposes.
  We have a responsibility to investigate any wrongdoing, but the 
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) and Speaker Gingrich have a 
responsibility to conduct that investigation fairly and impartially.
  The gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) and Speaker Gingrich have 
proven themselves incapable of being either fair or impartial. I call 
on them to remove themselves immediately from this investigation. Stop 
diverting attention away from the real issues, the issues that the 
American people want this House to consider: managed care reform, 
improving our public schools, and enacting real campaign reform. Let us 
put an end to this partisan investigation and let us get to work.

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