[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 59 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H3030-H3031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REMOVE CHAIRMAN BURTON FROM CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM INVESTIGATION

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, this is Law Enforcement Officers Memorial 
Week. During this week, we honor those officers who gave their lives in 
the line of duty, upholding the law. This is, after all, a Nation 
founded on a rule of law. This is a Nation which requires that all 
citizens have faith and confidence in the judicial system and a belief 
that justice will be served.
  That is why, Mr. Speaker, I am so profoundly troubled and angered by 
the way the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) of the House Committee 
on Government Reform and Oversight has handled its investigation of 
campaign finance reform.
  I am disturbed by the releasing of doctored tapes, by vile name-
calling of the President of the United States, and by disregard for 
procedures which bind

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every law enforcement agency, but apparently not Members of the U.S. 
House of Representatives. The American people know that the truth of 
matters will come out.
  What is sad and unfortunate, Mr. Speaker, is that along the way to 
truth, we disgrace ourselves and our institution by not maintaining a 
high standard which we all should be setting. Mr. Speaker, remove the 
chairman from this investigation.

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