[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H5746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                    WHITE HOUSE STONEWALLING ON ROVE

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, it has now been 2 days since we 
discovered Karl Rove told a Time magazine reporter that Ambassador Joe 
Wilson's wife was a CIA agent, and what is the response from the White 
House? Silence.
  White House press secretary Scott McClellan has refused to take 
questions from reporters for the last 2 days on Karl Rove, citing an 
ongoing Federal investigation. However, McClellan had no trouble 
spreading erroneous information about Rove's supposed innocence.
  On October 1, 2003, McClellan was asked about Rove's involvement; and 
after first stating that there was an ongoing investigation taking 
place, McClellan continued by stating, ``It's simply not true that he 
was involved in leaking classified information.''
  Nine days later in reference to another question about Rove, 
McClellan began by reminding reporters of an ongoing investigation, but 
then continued by stating that Rove had assured him he was not 
involved.
  It now turns out that everything the White House was saying was 
false. Mr. Speaker, the ongoing investigation is not what is keeping 
the Bush White House from commenting. They are stonewalling because 
they cannot explain these falsehoods away. It is time for the 
stonewalling to end.

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