[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE MYTH OF THE BIPARTISAN WATERGATE ERA

  (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, after voting in overwhelming numbers for the 
release of the Starr report, many Democrats are now blaming the 
Republicans for being too partisan in the handling of the President's 
scandal. These Democrats are implicitly claiming that they had some 
kind of bipartisan consensus during Watergate. How short their memories 
are.
  In fact, of the 134 staff positions authorized for the impeachment 
inquiry of 1974, only 12 were for Republican staff, 12 out of 134. When 
Speaker Carl Albert decided to refer impeachment resolutions to the 
Rodino committee, no Republicans were included in the meeting. When the 
committee met to consider subpoena authority, the Republicans proposed 
that the chairman and ranking member have joint authority. This idea 
was defeated in a party line vote.
  While the Democrats work on forgetting things, Republicans will work 
to fairly uncover the truth.

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