[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 21, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             PLAY THE TAPES

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, it is time to play the tapes. Members 
of the administration seem to be rewriting history. The Secretary of 
State does not remember that the President forgot to tell him about the 
secret run-up to the war in Iraq. The Secretary of War does remember he 
often says what Bob Woodward quotes him as saying, but the Secretary 
cannot remember saying at that time. What is a person to do?
  If the President were faced with this predicament, he would consult a 
higher authority. Our higher authority is closer, and he can speak 
without the need of a burning bush. Mike Wallace said on ``60 Minutes'' 
Sunday night he heard the tapes and read the transcripts for the book 
``Plan of Attack.'' There is a record.
  If Mike Wallace can listen to the tapes, so can we. The House should 
have hearings for the American people. The secret war is not secret any 
longer. Let Americans decide what the truth is. Play the tapes in open 
session. Let the truth be heard, not staged.

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