[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     URGING PRESIDENT TO COME CLEAN

  (Mr. FORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, it is with some pain and some chagrin as a 
friend of this administration, as a Democrat that I rise to say and 
really to echo the comments of some of my colleagues in both the House 
and the Senate, namely, my leader in the House and my leader in the 
Senate. For the President by his own admission has lied. He has lied 
about a situation that many in America have said perhaps justified----


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ewing). The gentleman will suspend. The 
gentleman should avoid such references in regard to the President.
  Mr. FORD. Well, I say this to my friend and my leader and my party. I 
would urge the President to come clean at this point. For he has 
admitted that he has lied. He has disappointed us in his party and 
disappointed many in this Nation. For it is difficult for those of us 
in this party and those of us in this House to continue to give the 
President the benefit of the doubt. Mr. President, please come clean.


                ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman should refrain from references 
such as lying and directly addressing the President in debate on the 
House floor.

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