Liz Saville Roberts: “for the record, my good friend, my colleague from California, does not have a security clearance. None of us do. We are…”

“for the record, my good friend, my colleague from California, does not have a security clearance. None of us do. We are deemed by the electorate to be cleared from the lowest to the highest. We do not have a security clearance to lose. So that is not accurate. And I don't court the venal part of this. In terms of the second-degree amendment, unless I was hearing something different and somebody raised the issue, as Congress included in this--the Senate--along with Federal employees who either intentionally or unintentionally reveal classified information, Senator Levin, Senator Durbin, Senator Reid said ``yes.'' So that is reflective of the second-degree amendment. If that is not the case, we have a double standard for Members of Congress or other public officials as opposed to Federal employees. We ought to get that straight, which is why I think the suggestion from the Senator from----”