[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 15, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 15, 1994]
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                          POST OFFICE SUNSHINE

  (Ms. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, my State of Washington, among many others, has 
proved that sunshine laws work. Openness is good. In fact, I have 
proposed a change to House rules that would bring more sunshine to this 
House.
  I mention this today because it is time now for more sunshine on the 
past investigation into the House post office scandal.
  Serious allegations have been made, Mr. Speaker. The former chief of 
the Capitol Hill Police force says he quit to protest interference by a 
House official into that investigation. The allegation is that this 
official threatened to have benefits or even jobs taken away unless the 
investigation were altered.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress must not hide. Congress must be open. Congress 
must let the sunshine in.
  The gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Livingston] and I, as the 
Republican members of the Police and Personnel Subcommittee of House 
Administration have officially called for hearings into this matter.
  The American people deserve to know if the former top House lawyer 
interfered with an investigation of the Capitol Police. And our police 
force deserves to know that they can run investigations based on 
justice, not politics.
  Let the sunshine in. Let us determine once and for all if there was 
any obstruction of justice.

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