[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10914-S10915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        INDEPENDENT COUNSEL LAW

  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I rise to commend to the Senate a most 
timely and informative article which appeared in the New York Times on 
August 11, 1998. Written by Todd S. Purdum, the article provides a 
useful overview of the twenty year history of the independent counsel 
law and interviews seven of the attorneys who have

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served in this capacity since the adoption of the Ethics in Government 
Act of 1978.
  Most of those interviewed cite problems with the way the independent 
counsel process currently works and provide specific recommendations 
for improvement. Those of us in the Congress will soon have an 
opportunity to review this matter in greater detail for, as you may 
know, its current provisions, reauthorized and amended by the 
Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994, P.L. 103-270, June 30, 
1994, will expire on June 30, 1999, unless reauthorized.
  I ask unanimous consent to have this article printed in the Record  
and I thank my good friend Clifton Daniel of New York for calling it to 
my attention.
  There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

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