[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 WHAT ARE ROVE AND MIERS AFRAID OF? WHY WON'T THEY TESTIFY UNDER OATH?

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, yesterday the White House said that 
political strategist Karl Rove and former appointee to the U.S. Supreme 
Court Harriet Miers would be made available to the Senate for an 
interview regarding the growing U.S. Attorneys scandal. However, the 
White House refused to allow them to testify under oath or in public.
  Is the White House serious? Do they honestly believe this Congress 
will allow them to get away with this?
  It would be one thing if the Bush administration had been completely 
honest with the Congress over the last month, but every day there are 
new details that completely contradict what was said the day before.
  Last month, Attorney General Gonzales said there was no coordination 
between the Justice Department and the White House in the firing of the 
eight U.S. Attorneys. But we now know that Karl Rove and Harriet Miers 
were involved from the very beginning.
  The administration has stalled and deceived at every step during this 
investigation. With that track record, why should this administration 
believe the Congress would agree to unacceptable secret testimony 
without being under oath?

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