[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17418]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         IT'S TIME FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT TO REMOVE THE SECRECY

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, over the last 7 years, Dick Cheney has 
convinced himself that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11, that Iraq 
had weapons of mass destruction and that the insurgency was in its last 
throes. Now it seems he's convinced himself that he is not actually 
Vice President, insisting that he, unlike the previous 44, is not a 
member of the executive branch.
  It's difficult for any American who's taken seventh grade civics to 
miss the hypocrisy of this claim, especially when it comes from a man 
who so frequently has withheld information from Congress based on the 
assertion of executive privilege.
  It's time for the Vice President to remove the secrecy, reject 
hypocrisy, and honor his pledge to support the Constitution. It's time 
for Dick Cheney to start respecting the citizens who pay his salary and 
start leveling with us. Even a child can tell you, you can have special 
privileges if you obey the rules, and even the Vice President can't 
have it both ways.
  Many of us wish you weren't part of the executive branch, Mr. Vice 
President, but so long as you accept the executive perks, we will 
demand executive responsibility and accountability.

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