[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 146 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DEMOCRATS' SILENCE ON ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS SPEAKS VOLUMES

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, one can tell an awful lot about people by 
what they do not talk about. How many times have we heard Members of 
the other side express their shock, outrage or even curiosity about why 
79 witnesses have taken the Fifth Amendment in connection with the 
campaign finance investigation? Again I ask is there not a single 
Democrat who is even curious about why 79 witnesses have taken the 
Fifth? Anyone? Anyone at all? In addition, 12 witnesses have fled the 
country, 23 foreigners have refused to be interviewed.
  What does that say about the ethics of the Democrat party? Would the 
party of Andrew Jackson, FDR and Harry Truman have remained silent in 
the face of all this evidence of illegal campaign contributions from a 
Communist Nation? Is that what the Democratic party has become? Is 
there not a single statesmen left in the entire party? Does not the 
Democratic party even want to know if foreign policy decisions were 
sold for campaign contributions? Their silence, Mr. Speaker, speaks 
volumes.

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