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“THE BEST SECURITY IS A BRIGHT LIGHT” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3611-H3612 on May 26, 1999.
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THE BEST SECURITY IS A BRIGHT LIGHT
(Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, my parents told me that the best security is a bright light. Americans want to know if the Chinese nuclear arsenal was built on the genius of American scientists and on the backs of the American taxpayers.
Our counterintelligence at the Department of Energy has been a specific concern of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for some time, and we all deserve answers.
This Congress must pursue investigative public hearings based on information provided by the Cox Committee that examines Chinese-
directed espionage against the United States, including efforts to steal nuclear and military secrets; that will examine Chinese-directed covert action type activities conducted against the United States, such as the use of agents to influence and efforts to subvert or otherwise manipulate the U.S. political process.
Mr. Speaker, Motel 6, I think, has a motto: We'll keep the lights on.'' Unfortunately, the White House has turned the lights off, and now our national security is at stake.
America deserves answers, and that is what they shall get. I yield back to America all the lights they may need and any national security we have left.
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