[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  FBI RECOMMENDATION NOT TO PROSECUTE

  (Mr. FARENTHOLD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, today FBI Director James Comey announced 
his recommendation not to prosecute Hillary Clinton. I am extremely 
disappointed with this decision. In fact, Mr. Comey said that it was 
extremely careless of Secretary Clinton to store public emails and 
classified emails on her server. There were 110 messages in 52 chains 
that contained information that was classified at the time, 8 of which 
were top secret, 36 secret, and 8 confidential.
  We really need to protect our national security. The FBI Director 
talked about the word ``intentionally.'' Well, if this had been defense 
information, some of which it may have been, the statute only requires 
criminal liability to show the form of gross negligence. I think 
extremely careless comes to gross negligence, and I encourage the FBI 
and prosecutors to continue to look at this and do what is right.
  We need people in government who are not extremely careless. We need 
people who are careful.

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