[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 177 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           SNOOPING, CHEATING, AND COVERUPS HAVE TO STOP NOW

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, today's Wall Street Journal contains a 
shocking story about further abuse of government power. The Journal 
reports that the head of President Clinton's Department of Energy, 
Hazel O'Leary has hired a private investigating firm to poke into 
reporters who write about her. She's then had the private eyes create 
an enemies list of unfavorable reporters who report on her extravagant 
travel and the like. And she's billed this private investigation to the 
taxpayers at a cost of some $43,000, the paper reports.
  All this comes on top of Mrs. O'Leary's incredible travel junketing, 
also undertaken at great taxpayer expense. Mr. Speaker, if the Journal 
story is accurate the Secretary of Energy should not remain in office 1 
more day, 1 more hour, not even 1 more minute. President Clinton should 
dismiss her immediately.
  This administration all too often makes excuses for officials who 
have gone bad. But the snooping and the cheating and the coverups have 
to stop. We cannot tolerate this sort of abuse of government power any 
longer.

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