[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 119 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ALARMING SURGE OF HATE GROUP AFFILIATION

  (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, there has been an alarming surge of 
hate group affiliation over the past year. Even more alarming is the 
reality that people who belong to these groups have been able to obtain 
security clearances. The intersection of hate groups and access to our 
country's secrets is something that I did not expect to exist, and I am 
determined to make sure that this does not continue.
  Federal agencies should be required to report on how many clearance 
holders and applicants are associated with hate groups, and what is the 
status of their approval. The American people deserve to know if our 
government has decided that those who espouse a hateful ideology have 
access to our Nation's secrets.
  I have introduced legislation to provide answers and to hopefully 
prohibit those associated with hate groups and who possess hateful 
ideology from having access to our most sensitive information.
  I urge my colleagues to consider this legislation, and to, hopefully, 
see it on the House floor.

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