1:56:00
scared to death.
1:56:03
l had no solid position.
1:56:06
No basis to stand on
for myself.
1:56:09
There was one way out and that was...
simply to tell the truth.
1:56:19
lt may sound trite to you,
but l've found myself again
after a number of years.
1:56:25
l've been acting a role,
1:56:30
maybe all my life,
of thinking l've done more,
1:56:34
accomplished more,
produced more than l have.
1:56:39
l have had all the breaks.
1:56:45
l have stood on the shoulders
of life, and l've never gotten
down into the dirt to build,
1:56:50
to erect a foundation
of my own.
1:56:55
l have flown too high
on borrowed wings.
1:57:02
Everything came too easy.
1:57:06
That is why l am here today.
1:57:16
[ Chairman ] Mr. Van Doren,
1:57:20
l want to compliment you
for that statement.
1:57:24
Thank you, sir.
1:57:26
Uh, Mr. Van Doren, l would like to join
the Chairman in commending you...
1:57:30
for the soul-searching fortitude
displayed in your statement.
1:57:35
- Thank you, sir.
Thank you very much.
- [ Rogers ] Mr. Van Doren,
1:57:38
l just wanna add
my kudos.
1:57:41
l have listened to many
witnesses, in both civil...
1:57:45
and criminal matters,
1:57:47
and yours is the most
soul-searching confession l
think l've heard in a long time.
1:57:52
[ Van Doren ] Thank you, sir.
1:57:54
[ Congressman ] Mr. Van Doren,
1:57:56
l'm also from New York;
a different part of New York.