[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 113 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H6972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 ADMINISTRATION MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR LOSING NUCLEAR SECRETS TO 
                                 CHINA

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, apparently the other side thinks we need a 
25 percent tax increase. I would disagree with that. I think we need a 
tax reduction.
  But yesterday, in Georgia, someone won $116 million for buying a $2 
lottery ticket. That seems like a great exchange. It is. But that is 
not nearly as good as the deal the Communist Chinese received when they 
obtained billions of dollars of nuclear weapons secrets from our own 
Department of Energy.
  Well, it is not about selling out to the Communist Chinese; it is 
about the Clinton administration's poor management of our Nation's most 
important secrets. They knew that the Chinese were obtaining nuclear 
secrets at the same time they were receiving illegal campaign 
contributions from the Chinese, and they did nothing.
  The administration must be held accountable. We need to eliminate the 
Department of Energy and transfer all nuclear funds to the Department 
of Defense where at least they have a culture of keeping secrets.

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