[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE TO INDEPENDENT COUNSEL'S INVESTIGATION

 Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, I rise to again express publicly 
my profound dismay and disappointment in President Clinton's personal 
behavior relative to the Monica Lewinsky affair. I cannot state in 
terms too strong the disapproval I feel. There can be no meaningful 
line of distinction between wrongful and immoral personal conduct on 
the part of the President and the expectations the American public 
rightfully has over his role as a public official. The President's 
conduct was wrong. The response of Congress must be deliberate and 
carefully consistent with the requirements of law and the Constitution, 
but at the very least, President Clinton owes the American citizenry an 
apology and good faith cooperation in bringing this sorry episode to an 
expeditious conclusion.

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