[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10736]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      CALLING ATTENTION TO SERIOUSNESS OF MISSING NUCLEAR SECRETS

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I call my colleagues' attention to an 
editorial in The Washington Post entitled Nuclear Nightmare: ``Guarding 
the nation's nuclear secrets is about the most basic duty of an 
administration. The danger of nuclear proliferation is so serious that 
the United States bombs Iraq, sanctions India and Pakistan and kowtows 
to North Korea, all in an attempt to prevent weapons of mass 
destruction from falling into the wrong hands.

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  That unidentified hands could have quietly removed, at Los Alamos, 
two computer drives with information on dismantling nuclear bombs is 
shocking. That it should happen so soon after the investigation of 
other security labs makes it even more credible.
  That is from the Washington Post.
  Now, today we are witnessing the other side of the aisle having 
everybody sign up because they are worried about political attack ads. 
Is anybody demanding the information on potential nuclear attacks?
  Now, over the last couple months, the Vice President has condemned 
everything our nominee has said as reckless and risky. Where is his 
voice on this particular issue affecting America's safety and security?
  Yes, I agree we have to reform politics. Yes, I agree a Buddhist 
temple is not the right place to have a fund-raiser. But let us look at 
our nuclear secrets and find out and demand answers from Secretary 
Richardson, President Clinton, and the Vice President of the United 
States.

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