[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 106 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6869]
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                THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOT SPIN

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask some questions. Why did 
the President's defenders begin by insisting that no sexual liaisons 
occurred in the White House? Then as evidence against the President 
mounted, why did his defenders shift their position to say that the 
President's sex life is a private matter?


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Pitts) 
will suspend. The gentleman may not engage in personal references to 
the President.
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, if extramarital sexual liaisons are supposed 
to be purely private, why are taxpayer funds being used to defend or 
facilitate or cover-up?
  Taxpayer funds must not be used by lawyers to defend in a private 
civil suit or to attack or undermine investigations of allegation of 
wrongdoings.
  Taxpayer jobs should not be used in any way for defending or 
promoting the allegations and accusations of anyone.
  Mr. Speaker, the people, the American people are waiting for the 
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, not spin.

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