[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 21 (Thursday, March 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  ADVISING MEMBERS OF PUBLIC HEARING OF PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
                              INTELLIGENCE

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GOSS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to advise Members of the House 
that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has scheduled 
a public hearing at 3 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 1998. This hearing has 
been arranged so the committee may take testimony about the report of 
the Inspector General of the CIA regarding allegations that the CIA was 
somehow involved with the spread of crack cocaine to California during 
the 1980s.
  As Members know, since the publication in August of 1996 of a series 
of articles in the San Jose Mercury News, our committee has been 
conducting an oversight investigation into the validity of the very 
serious allegations made by those news stories. This public hearing is 
an important step in that process.
  We have invited the CIA's Inspector General, Mr. Fred Hitz, to 
discuss his investigation and to walk us through the conclusions in his 
report, which has been available to the public since the end of 
January.
  In addition, I wish to inform Members who have an interest in this 
subject and who may wish to comment on the IG's report that they are 
welcome to testify before the subcommittee on March 16. Members wishing 
to avail themselves of this opportunity should contact the committee as 
soon as possible so proper arrangements can be made.

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