Angie Craig: “I strongly support the call for hearings into the Federal Government's handling of standoffs in Naples, ID and Waco, TX.…”

“I strongly support the call for hearings into the Federal Government's handling of standoffs in Naples, ID and Waco, TX. Some of my colleagues may remember I have been pushing for many months to get the Government to tell what it knows about the incident in my home State--often referred to as Ruby Ridge. I asked for an investigation of the incident, which was done; I pressed for release of the reports of that investigation, which is presently awaiting the consent of the local Idaho prosecutor; and in January, I asked for hearings in the Senate. Government agents have already been disciplined for acts and failures to act at Ruby Ridge. Just a few weeks ago, the Deputy Attorney General released a list of problems that she thinks occurred there and asked the heads of three agencies to report how they are addressing these problems. Yet there still has not been any public accounting as to what happened, nor answers to the questions that continue to multiply. Mr. President, the public has a right to know. The Senate should hold hearings into this matter and into the handling of the Waco standoff, as well.”