[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 123 (Monday, July 23, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CARTER PAGE FISA WARRANT

  (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, the release of the Carter Page FISA 
warrant makes it clear that the FBI was right to examine the 
connections between Page and the Trump campaign as well as their 
communications with Russian sources.
  These warrants cast serious doubt on the credibility of the so-called 
Nunes memo, which is demonstrably inaccurate.
  Earlier today, the President's press secretary announced that the 
administration was considering stripping top level former national 
security officials of their security clearances on the grounds that 
they, ``politicized public service.''
  I would question whether any use of intelligence could be more 
political than writing a misleading document, namely the Nunes memo, to 
unjustifiably malign the integrity and competence of the FBI in order 
to shield the President.
  It is clear that congressional Republicans are attempting to 
delegitimize the FBI and, through it, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 
ongoing investigation.
  We must protect the independence and integrity of this investigation, 
and I urge Speaker Ryan and the House leadership to do so immediately.

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