[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H3512-H3513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      WHY IS ADMINISTRATION DENYING KNOWLEDGE OF NUCLEAR ESPIONAGE

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I am very disturbed today. If we go back 
to, I guess, the 1976 presidential debates between President Ford and 
President Carter, one of the questions asked of Jimmy Carter was what 
he thought was the biggest issue, at which point he quoted his 
daughter, Amy, and said, ``nuclear war.''
  Well, I am here to say Amy Carter was right, nuclear war is, because 
we are giving nuclear warheads and secrets to China, which has not 
exactly been our staunchest ally over the years.
  The W-88, which is one of the most powerful nuclear warheads in 
history, is now in the hands of the Chinese Communists despite the fact 
that the Deputy Intelligence Security Officer at the Department of 
Energy, as long as 3 years ago, warned the administration this was 
going on.

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  Sandy Berger, National Security Adviser, was told in April 1996. The 
President was informed July 1997. The President was informed again in 
November 1998, and then in January this year. And yet, as late as 
March, he was denying it and saying nothing happened on his watch.
  There are two big issues here: Number one, what happened? Which 
should scare the death out of any American. And number two is, why did 
the administration deny this? This is not a partisan debate. This is a 
scary debate. And I was glad when Democrat liberal Senator Torricelli 
called for the resignation of Janet Reno.
  It is time for bipartisan support, and I hope the Democrats will join 
us on this one because America and America's children depend on it.

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