[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




WE NEED STRAIGHT ANSWERS FROM OUR ADMINISTRATION AND FROM OUR COMMANDER 
                                IN CHIEF

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, on a day when American men and women in 
uniform may go into harm's way, headlines scream of Kosovo. That is a 
concern, but there are also concerns this morning in North Korea.
  The Washington Times reports this morning, and I quote, ``Vital parts 
of a 50-megawatt North Korean nuclear reactor have been missing since 
international inspectors first visited the site under the terms of a 
1994 nuclear-freeze pact with the United States.
  ``The absence of the reactor parts, which could be used to construct 
another reactor, was known by some State Department officials but was 
never disclosed to Congress.''
  Mr. Speaker, on a morning when people may go into harm's way, the 
State Department did not notify us of this Korean breach. The Energy 
Department did not notify us of an espionage breach.
  We need straight answers from our administration and from our 
commander in chief.

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