"I welcome the appointment of an independent counsel."
-- Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, responding last week to an impending investigation into gifts he accepted from the poultry industry he regulates.
"I welcome this investigation."
-- President Clinton, this month, on congressional hearings into the Whitewater affair
"I welcome the opportunity to give Mr. Fiske the facts."
-- George Stephanopoulos, on testifying before Whitewater special counsel (March 1994)
"I welcome this investigation."
-- Representative Joe Kolter, after being subpoenaed, along with Representative Dan Rostenkowski, as part of the investigation into the House post office (May 1994)
"We welcome it."
-- David Byrd,...
