[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 15, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: March 15, 1994]
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                        NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, no one, not the President and not members of 
his family or staff, should be above the law. After the distressing 
Ames revelations and reports of mishandled documents in executive 
offices, Americans now learn that White House staff--some high-
ranking--have neglected to obtain security clearances. Since this fact 
became public, we have been unable to get straightforward answers about 
the damage that may have been done, about the numbers of staff 
involved, about the risks that were taken with sensitive information. 
Questions are understandably being raised about why this routine, but 
vital clearance procedure is being circumvented at the White House. So 
far, we are told that staff just has not made the time to submit to the 
rules. This excuse begs two serious questions:
  First, are the rules no longer important in this administration?
  Or, second, what do these people have to hide? Americans deserve to 
know.

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