August 5, 1994 - Part 4
August 5, 1994 - Part 4
(14:26:00) I don't think that's what we're dealing with here, in some of these instances, so that is part of the reason why we're here. But, if nothing else is clear out of this, it's clear we can't have that. If this Government's going to work, we've got to have a situation where the information we get the first time is reliable. It's full, complete, honest, and direct. People can't go through graceful ducks or anything else, or whatever phrases anybody else wants to pick. Whether they're questions asked by someone on this side or on that side, every Senator's questions are important and every one needs to be answered fully and directly by every witness. Any other system just is not a working system in terms of democracy as I understand it. So, with that, I want to finally thank my colleagues. There 's no way in the world we could do this job without the tremendous commitment and talent of Senators like Senator Sarbanes and the others, going right down the aisle on our side, and Senator D'Amato and all of the rest of the Members on his side, and their staff. I think every Senator worked as hard on this assignment, in a short timeframe, as I have seen during my time in the Senate. It's not uncommon, by the way, for Senators to work that hard. I think every Senator works that hard, on a variety of issues, virtually every day. People bad a chance to see it here. They saw that when we had to go until late into the evening to fit this compressed timeframe problem that we had, everybody stepped up to the assignment and did it. I'm very grateful for that. 801 This is a team effort and this team, I think, performed in a way that I certainly feel proud about and I thank everyone for that cooperation. So, with that, unless there is anyone else seeking recognition, I'm going to indicate that we've concluded this phase--we've concluded our work, under Senate Resolution 229, in terms of the part that we could deal with at this stage. I thank all concerned. The Committee stands in recess. (14:27:59) [Whereupon, at 2:27 p.m., the hearing was concluded.] (14:28:00) Commentary of DON BODE and STEVE ROBERTS from tv studio