[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15756]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRUTH, TRUST, AND ACCOUNTABILITY

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, truth, trust, and accountability 
should be the defining characteristics of the American Presidency.
  President Bush's press secretary, in October of 2003, Scott 
McClellan, told the White House press corps and, through them, the 
world at large that Karl Rove and two other high-level administration 
officials had assured him that they were not involved in outing CIA 
covert agent Valeria Plame. He said that unequivocally.
  Now we find that Karl Rove has sat back in timid silence while he has 
watched two reporters go through the costly, torturous experience of 
legal prosecution, all to protect his identity.
  Mr. Speaker, the 41st President of the United States, George Bush, 
for whom the CIA headquarters is named, said that what Karl Rove did 
was an act of treason. Mr. Speaker, it is time to hear from the 
President of the United States.

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