[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H5644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TIME FOR ROVE TO COME CLEAN WITH PUBLIC

  (Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, when Karl Rove's attorney finally admitted 
to the Washington Post yesterday that Rove told a reporter Joseph 
Wilson's wife was a CIA agent, he was indeed identifying her. It does 
not take too much investigative reporting beyond that to actually come 
up with a name.
  Now, Rove's attorney is trying to explain away Rove's actions by 
stating that he was merely ``discouraging Time from perpetuating some 
statements that had been made publicly and weren't true.'' Convenient 
explanation, but are we supposed to believe this from an attorney who 
previously stated that Rove did not reveal any confidential 
information?
  Clearly, Rove did reveal confidential information when he told Time 
reporter Matt Cooper that Joseph Wilson's wife was a CIA agent.
  Karl Rove himself should come forward and level with the American 
people about his involvement in the Valerie Plame leak. Failing this, 
President Bush should ask for his resignation.

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