[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16282]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ENCOURAGING ROVE TO LEAK

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, a lot has been made lately about leaks 
coming from the White House. The outing of Valerie Wilson was 
admittedly an egregious act.
  But I, for one, would like more leaks, not less. I am not looking for 
the kind of leaks that tripped up Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.
  Mr. Speaker, it would have been useful if someone had leaked the true 
cost of the Medicare prescription drug program. They told us it would 
cost only $400 billion when they knew all along that the real cost was 
much higher. The American people would be asked to pay $800 billion.
  It certainly would have been nice if some brave soul in the White 
House had told the American people that the President's tax cuts would 
raid the Social Security Trust Fund. We are still waiting for someone 
to leak the President's plan on Social Security.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I say, do not stop here, Mr. Rove. Dishing the names 
of our own national security agents may be your idea of political 
``fair game,'' but turn up that leaky faucet and tell us what we really 
need to know, and start with the truth.

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