[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10573]
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   COMMUNICATION FROM THE HONORABLE THOMAS J. BLILEY, JR., MEMBER OF 
                                CONGRESS

  The Speaker pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from the Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr., Member of 
Congress:

                                    U.S. House of Representatives,


                                        Committee on Commerce,

                               Washington, DC, September 18, 1996.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: This is to formally notify you, pursuant 
     to Rule L (50) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
     that Reid Stuntz, currently the minority general counsel of 
     the Committee on Commerce and formerly the staff director and 
     chief counsel for the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
     Investigations for the Committee on Energy and Commerce, has 
     been served with a subpoena issued by the U.S. District Court 
     for the District of Columbia in the matter of United States 
     v. Jeffrey M. Levine, Cr. No. 94-034.
       After consultation with the Office of General Counsel, I 
     have determined that the subpoena appears not to be 
     consistent with the rights and privileges of the House and, 
     therefore, should be resisted.
           Sincerely,
     Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.

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