[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 178 (Friday, November 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         PRESIDENT IS DUE EXPLANATION FROM SECRETARY OF ENERGY

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Wall Street Journal broke a 
story contending that the Secretary of Energy has spent $43,500 to 
evaluate news services and reporters' coverage of her and her 
Department.
  Mr. Speaker, I serve on the oversight committee, the Committee on 
Science, where we have been trying to reposition and reevaluate the 
Energy Department to make cuts for a balanced budget by the year 2002 
in a bipartisan way.
  This is inexcusable that $43,000 is spent in this kind of manner. 
That is as much as the average American family earns in a year, plus 
$10,000. I understand she is meeting with the President this morning 
and I would encourage the President that if he does not get straight 
answers and a good rationale for this decision, that he get the 
Secretary's resignation.

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