[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 87 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




THE BEGINNING OF FILEGATE, AND REQUESTING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
                   TO ACT TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL FILES

  (Mr. MICA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I serve on the Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight. Members have heard speeches today about filegate. I just 
wanted to tell my colleagues how this started. This started as a result 
of our inquiry into travelgate, which was an examination of misuse of 
the FBI, and also of the IRS, by the White House.
  As Members will recall, we asked for the release of documents that we 
found out about by accident, and we got 1,000 pages. That is how we 
found out about this. We stopped a contempt proceeding without 
receiving the other 2,000 pages. I think it is time that we bring that 
contempt citation back before the House of Representatives and get the 
rest of the information about this disaster.
  Mr. Speaker, I read this matter and I thought I was reading about the 
KGB, the way this operation took place. I ask the House to immediately 
take action, and if necessary, enact a contempt citation and obtain 
this information.

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