[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NO HONEST MISTAKE

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely amazing that 
since the revelations about Sandy Berger, who was National Security 
Adviser for President Clinton and has been the Kerry Campaign's senior 
policy adviser, since these revelations that Sandy Berger had removed 
classified documents at the National Archives, that my colleagues on 
the other side of the aisle have been so dismissive of this gross 
violation of our national security.
  I can only imagine the howls from the other side of the aisle if 
allegations were made against Condoleezza Rice, that she had stuffed 
documents, classified documents in her socks and removed them from the 
Archives and that some of the documents were still missing.
  I am sure we would hear accusations of a cover-up, a vast conspiracy.
  No, we are hearing none of that from my colleagues on the other side 
of the aisle. Instead, what do we hear? They say it was a mistake, an 
honest mistake, more innocent than it looks. We certainly do not hear 
any calls for investigations.
  Well, I am both shocked and appalled by these reports, and I am 
calling for the appropriate House committee to investigate. The 
American people deserve to know.

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