United States

House of Representatives

Committee on the Judiciary

News Release

For Immediate Release

CONTACT: Sam Stratman/Michelle Morgan

(202) 225-2492

January 13, 1998

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, House Judiciary Committee spokesman Paul J. McNulty made the following statement regarding the House Managers' interviewing of potential witnesses:

"The Committee contacted Monica Lewinsky's attorneys to determine whether she would be available for an interview. They declined to make her available. The Committee is duty bound to gather all relevant evidence and to be thoroughly prepared to present its case in the Senate. Implicit in the House's right to request witnesses is the responsibility of the Managers to determine who those witnesses will be."