[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 124 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         WHITE HOUSE SEEKING TO INTIMIDATE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY

  (Mrs. WILSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WILSON. Mr. Speaker, last night the television news confirmed 
that two reporters told ABC News that a senior White House official has 
been peddling the story to sully the reputation of one of the great 
leaders in the history of this institution, the gentleman from Illinois 
(Mr. Hyde). The senior White House official just does not get it. Or, 
perhaps worse, maybe he gets it and he just does not care.
  We are not considering here some personal indiscretion. This body has 
a solemn constitutional responsibility to consider the charges before 
us. This system of justice will not be manipulated by polls or pundits 
or senior officials who seek to smear and intimidate. This is a Nation 
governed by law, and it is up to us to keep it that way.

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