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...wanted a fast settlement so that the banks could get their money back quickly. Said Assistant Attorney General Stephen Trott: "The notion that the Justice Department is being soft is ridiculous. E.F. Hutton will repay every red cent plus interest." But critics in Congress fumed. Democratic Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware said, "Respect for the law suffers immensely when the public reads that you have (the Hutton) scheme going on, and nobody is prosecuted. I think it is a travesty...
...letter as nothing out of the ordinary, but the outcry from others was sharp. Said Senator Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat: "With some U.S. Senators, being a conservative is not enough. You must come up to their standard of being an extreme right-wing ideologue." Added Senator Joseph Biden Jr., a Delaware Democrat: "The notion of an ideological litmus test is repugnant." Even Judiciary Committee Chairman Strom Thurmond, a conservative Republican, found the letter unacceptable. He announced that henceforth all members must confine their questioning of nominees to confirmation hearings...
...lighter moment, Defense Secretary Weinberger began by noting that he would much prefer to have an uncontroversial job like director of the National Gallery of Art. But he went on to defend the Administration's military buildup as well as the controversial Star Wars plan. Later, Senators Joseph Biden, Gary Hart, William Cohen and Nancy Kassebaum gave a bipartisan critique of the Administration's defense and foreign policies, amid some jovial byplay between Hart and Biden on the approaching 1988 presidential campaign. After a vigorous exchange on policy, several of the visitors expressed surprise at how prominent an issue defense...
...stern reply to Reagan's "uncle" remark. Said O'Neill: "The U.S. has played 'uncle' in Latin America for far too long. It is time to play brother." Speaking to a group of Canadian business executives during a Time Inc. news tour in Washington, Delaware's Democratic Senator Joseph Biden charged that "we have simply been lied to" about the Administration's aims in supporting the Nicaraguan rebels. Said Biden: "If (Reagan) wants to overthrow the government, make the case to overthrow the government...
Archibald Cox, chairman of Common Cause, told the committee that he found the ethics office's reasoning "incredible," "unbelievable" and . "frightening." Said Cox about Meese: "I still don't think he understands the appropriate moral standards." Still, it was Delaware Democrat Joseph Biden, once considered a possible Meese ally in the Senate committee, whose words most sharply stung the nominee. Declared Biden: "The Attorney General of the United States is supposed to be a beacon, a citadel of what young lawyers should aspire to. This office requires a higher standard, and you have demonstrated to me in your responses that...