[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 61 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H3262-H3263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     TIME FOR CHAIRMAN BURTON TO STEP DOWN AS HEAD OF 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, I rise today to decry the use of taxpayer 
funds for an investigation that has in fact turned into nothing more 
than a partisan political witch hunt.
  According to yesterday's Washington Post, the investigation of the 
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) ``began more than a year ago and 
has cost several million dollars,'' yet has ``produced little 
information beyond what was disclosed during a similar investigation by 
the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.''
  Meanwhile, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) has blatantly 
abused his power by unilaterally issuing over 500 subpoenas, releasing 
tapes of personal, private conversations and altering the content of 
those tapes to suit his own political purposes.
  It is time to restore some integrity to this investigation. It is 
time to end

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this waste of taxpayer money. It is time for the gentleman from Indiana 
(Mr. Burton) to step down as head of this investigation.

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