[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       WHY IS CRAIG LIVINGSTONE STILL ON THE WHITE HOUSE PAYROLL?

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, why are taxpayers paying Craig Livingstone 
not to work? He is the guy who was involved in pawing through the 
private FBI background files on political opponents of President 
Clinton. Even the director of the FBI, a Clinton appointee, has termed 
his conduct ``an egregious violation of privacy.''
  Does the buck stop with Livingstone? Do not bet on it. Others at the 
White House chose to plead executive privilege to cover this stuff up, 
but Craig Livingstone is the one that the White House has chosen to 
suspend. His job has now been reorganized out of existence, yet he 
continues to be paid with taxpayer dollars.
  True, there are probably a lot worse things than paying Craig 
Livingstone not to work, like paying him to continue his sleazy 
investigations of American citizens. It is not like he has been named 
as an unindicted coconspirator or something. Still, it is curious that 
he remains on the White House payroll. Very curious.

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