[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22426]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          IT IS TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, it seems that rarely does a day go by when 
we do not learn of more allegations of mismanagement, stonewalling, and 
cover-ups at the Department of Justice.
  Yesterday, during the testimony before the Senate committee, FBI 
agents assigned to investigate the Clinton White House's involvement in 
the widespread campaign financial scandal said that Justice Department 
officials blocked their efforts to carry out the investigation.
  At one point during the investigation, the special agent in charge of 
the Little Rock FBI office personally wrote to FBI Director Louis Freeh 
to express his concern about Justice's role in hampering the 
investigation, maintaining that the team leading the investigation, at 
best, simply was not up to the task.
  Mr. Speaker, the Justice Department continues to lose confidence of 
the law enforcement community, confidence of the Congress, and 
confidence of the American people. It is time to restore that 
confidence. It is time to clean House at the Justice Department. It is 
time for Attorney General Janet Reno to step down.

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