[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H220-H221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               SECOND BATCH OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, on Monday, classified documents were 
discovered at President Biden's think tank in Washington, D.C. These 
documents were at least 6 years old, meaning the President had them and 
took them while he was Vice President, and lacked the authority at the 
time to declassify them.
  Yesterday, a second batch of documents has been found. The timing of 
these discoveries right after the November midterm elections is, I am 
sure, coincidental.
  Knowing the history of the Biden family's shady dealings with China 
and others, this raises serious national security concerns.
  Mishandling classified information is a serious offense, yet the 
Democrats, from Hillary Clinton to Joe Biden, seem to get a pass.
  When Republicans are accused of doing far less, we get special 
prosecutions and political witch hunts for a long time.
  This breach of national security should be immediately investigated 
by Congress and the DOJ to determine the magnitude of this offense. If 
the DOJ wants to claim to be non-partisan, it must start enforcing with 
equity across party lines.
  Who has seen these documents?
  Who has had access to them with the sloppy storage that we saw in 
Pennsylvania or wherever else they are?
  This is a very dangerous precedent, and the Vice President or the 
President need to be held accountable.

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