[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15757]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             TIME FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO CLEAN UP ITS HOUSE

  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, raising questions about national security 
is not partisanship; it is patriotism.
  Now that we know that Karl Rove, the Deputy Chief of Staff at the 
White House outed a CIA agent, Republicans have begun to try to forgive 
the unforgivable, to explain the unexplainable. And to suggest that 
Karl Rove was simply trying to set a news story straight as a reason 
for outing a CIA agent is unacceptable.
  CIA agents operate in secret so they can protect America from its 
enemies, from terrorism here at home. When their identity is revealed, 
not only are they put at risk, but America is also put at risk.
  Whether Karl Rove violated the law or not is a question for the 
special prosecutor; but the White House said they had a higher 
standard, and it is the standard that should be enforced with Mr. Rove.
  Former CIA agents have said that if this is not treacherous, it might 
very well be treasonous. Either way, it is time for the White House to 
clean up its house.

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