[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 84 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ANOTHER BURNING REEFER

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, if a Republican President had been 
responsible for this latest abuse of power and invasion of privacy, we 
would never hear the end of it, but I predict the left-wing media will 
try to sweep this incident under the rug. It seems the Clinton 
administration requested and received highly confidential FBI records 
of 338 former Reagan and Bush appointees. The White House calls it a 
bureaucratic mistake. Mr. Speaker, this creation of an enemies list 
demands a full investigation. I know White House officials say that in 
spite of ordering these files and keeping them at the White House 
rather than returning them to the FBI--they did not even look at them. 
That's like saying they smoked marijuana, but didn't inhale. Mr. 
Speaker, the American public deserves better, no more excuses and 
coverup.

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