Foreign Relations Authorization Language on FRUS, S. Rep. 107-60, Sept. 4. "The Committee urges Executive Branch agencies to devote high-level and sustained attention to improving the access to intelligence materials for the Department's historians."
New Polygraph Legislation Introduced Floor statements by Senators Domenici and Bingaman, July 31, introducing S. 1276, a bill that modifies the requirements for polygraphs at facilities operated by the Department of Energy.
Declassification: American Churchwomen in El Salvador, from the Foreign Ops Appropriations Bill, July 24. "Information relevant to the December 2, 1980, murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador shall be made public to the fullest extent possible."
Protecting Our Whistleblowers, statement of Rep. Connie Morella, July 23. "Workers have a right to notice that information is classified as secret for national security
interests, before they can be held liable for releasing it."
Sen. DeWine on Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, July 17. "As we
speak, a dedicated group of individuals, both in government and in the private sector, are declassifying and releasing to the public thousands and thousands of pages of previously classified material."
House Appropriations Committee: Report Language on DOE Security, excerpts from H.Rept. 107-112, June 26. "The Committee urges the new Administration
to review the underlying basis for each of the Department's security practices to determine if
current procedures result in excessive costs without commensurate protection for employees,
facilities, and national security programs."
Administration's Missile Defense Policy Criticized on the House floor, June 12. "After 8 months and at least six separate requests and a subpoena threat, the subcommittee finally obtained the [Pentagon] study. But the Department of Defense asked that that study be kept confidential. I think this is precisely the wrong response."
Amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 995), introduced June 7. "The legislation also reaffirms the right of whistleblowers to disclose classified information about wrongdoing to Congress."
Statement of Rep. Curt Weldon on "National Security" on the House floor, May 16. Rebutting allegations of fraud in the missile defense program and seeking information about a suppressed book on the Chinese nuclear weapons program.
"Issues Surrounding the Use of Polygraphs"
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
April 25, 2001
America's First Top Secret Hero, statement of Sen. Pete Domenici, March 22. "Mr. Hiroshi H. Miyamura is a native New Mexican, a Medal of Honor recipient, and a true American hero."
Human Rights Information Act (H.R. 1152) introduced by Rep. Tom Lantos, March 21. To promote expedited declassification of documents related to human rights abuses.
Directed Energy and Non-Lethal Use of Force, statement of Sen. Pete Domenici, March 20. "Recently, the Marines unveiled a device known as Active Denial Technology, ADT. This is a non-lethal weapons system based on a microwave source.... This project and technology was kept classified until very recently."
FOIA Turns 35, statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy, March 15. "I am not sure that we could pass FOIA if it were offered in Congress today, but thank heaven it is firmly etched by now in our national culture."
Security at the National Laboratories: A Problem Demanding a Remedy, statement of Rep. Doug Bereuter, March 14. "Mr. Speaker, this Member rises to call attention to the
continuing threat to U.S. national security posed by lax security standards at our national weapons laboratories."
A Senate Resolution to Place CRS Documents Online, introduced by Sen. McCain, February 14. "It is the sense of the Senate that it will foster democracy...to enhance the electronic public access, including access via the Internet, to public records of the Congress."
Online Access to Congressional Documents, statement of Sen. Leahy, February 6. "The goal of our legislation is to allow every citizen the same access to the wealth of Congressional Research Service information as a Member of Congress enjoys today."
Introduction of the Export Adminstration Act of 2001, January 23. "The bill recognizes that items available from foreign sources or available in mass market quantities cannot be effectively controlled. At the same time, we recognize that the President may, in exceptional
cases, want to control a very sensitive item even when that item is available from the foreign source or in mass marketed quantities."
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