Cliff Stearns: “If nothing else, at some point we in the House should have an…”

On the recordApril 29, 1999

If nothing else, at some point we in the House should have an up-or-down vote to make the Cox report public if the White House continues to procrastinate on this, and at that point the House can redact or take out the things that they think would compromise some of our agents, but somehow we have to get this report public. So I think the gentleman's effort here this afternoon in trying to say to the American people, this is important to us, this is important to Congress, we have to get to the bottom of this, is right on target. As the gentleman pointed out earlier, the Department of Energy as well as the administration knew all about this a long time ago. They relaxed the security provisions, and that in itself is terrible. The fact that the White House did not move quickly to put in place more secure operations is a sad commentary.

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Cliff Stearns

Florida

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for transparency regarding the Cox report and security issues related to the White House.

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Cliff Stearns: “If nothing else, at some point we in the House should have an up-or-down vote to make the Cox report public if the White…”

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