As a former Congressman (R-NY, 1985-1989), a certified public accountant (the only practicing CPA ever elected to Congress), and a former partner with Arthur Andersen ( 1962-1984 ), I have been watching the unfolding of the Enron/Congressional/accounting profession debacle with growing concern about the U.S. government's role in allowing the environment that spawned such a catastrophe to go unchecked. It is difficult, to say the least, to get one's arms around this proverbial