On the recordFebruary 2, 1994
Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown was accused of taking a $700,000 bribe to normalize relations with Vietnam. His chief accuser, Mr. Binh Ly, passed a 6-hour FBI lie detector test. Mr. Brown lied to the media about meeting with a Mr. Hao who was the conduit with Vietnam. He met with Mr. Hao not once but three times. I believe Mr. Brown also lied to Congress about his involvement about normalizing relations with Vietnam. We, the Congress, were stonewalled by Justice, Commerce, and the White House when we tried to investigate this, and now an associate of Janet Reno, the head of the Justice Department, went down to Miami and ran the grand jury investigation, and they are letting him off. The American people ought to wonder if this administration can be allowed to investigate itself. One wonders about the Whitewater investigation as well.
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