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“REFUSAL TO GRANT IMMUNITY TO FOUR KEY WITNESSES” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2823 on May 6, 1998.
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REFUSAL TO GRANT IMMUNITY TO FOUR KEY WITNESSES
(Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, what can Congress do to break a stone wall? Many of the key witnesses in congressional investigations have either fled the country or taken the fifth amendment. Others have hidden behind phony claims of executive privilege.
And if that is not enough, now we have Democrats on the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee who refuse to grant immunity to four key witnesses; even their own Justice Department consents to the granting of immunity to those four key witnesses.
What is Congress to do? Well, Congress can go to the courts and, thus, delay investigations for many more months, while listening to the White House and other defenders of this sleaze and obstruction to cry with indignation that the investigation is taking too long.
Mr. Speaker, why is this story not being told? Why cannot everyone, Democrats and Republicans alike, agree that no one is above the law and that the American people have a right to truthful answers?
Mr. Speaker, no amount of stonewalling should stand between the truth and the American people any longer.
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