[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    MORE QUESTIONS ARISE ABOUT WHO KNEW WHAT WHEN REGARDING CHINESE 
                               ESPIONAGE

  (Mr. WICKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WICKER. Mr. Speaker, the long-awaited Cox Report on Chinese 
espionage becomes public today, and we already know many of the 
stunning details about the loss of our most sensitive nuclear secrets.
  The President's press secretary says this goes back 20 years and 
there is no Democrat or Republican face on it. He is using the 
``everybody does it'' defense. The Energy Secretary has cautioned us 
not to overreact.
  But how should we react to the worst spy case in American history? It 
is clear that Clinton-Gore administration did not react at all after 
this was discovered in 1995. Why wasn't the President briefed on this 
in 1995, in 1996, 1997, 1998 or 1999? If he was, why was nothing done?
  Attorney General Janet Reno is being set up to be the scapegoat in 
this scandal, but there are a lot more questions which the Clinton 
administration must answer about who knew it and when they knew it.

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