[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IT MAKES YOU WONDER, DOESN'T IT?

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, during the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton was 
asked to sign a waiver that would have authorized the FBI to make 
public any files that revealed his anti-Vietnam war activity. He 
refused. In fact here is what his press secretary said at the time: 
``It's a personal file. He's not going to do it.''
  But after the election, after Bill Clinton was in the White House, 
suddenly all of his anxieties about looking through other people's FBI 
files disappeared into thin air. Someone at the White House authorized 
a search of 341 Reagan and Bush administration employees, including 
James Baker, the Secretary of State.
  So, let me get this straight. The President who was morally indignant 
at anyone wanting to look at his FBI file, is now looking through the 
FBI files of his political opponents.
  It makes you wonder, doesn't it, Mr. Speaker?

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