国会纪录：2000年9月18日（参议院）
第S8641-S8642李文先生格拉斯利。主席先生，我在这里的地板上，在这个特殊的时候要问美国总统谁“他们”是的，我希望这个词“他们”包括美国总统。我希望美国的总统是最高行政“他们”。我希望大家不要陷入争论什么词的定义“他们”是的位置。宪法是相当clear--美国总统拥有所有存在于我们的政府行政权力。这是我与你访问有关李文和案的背景下，总统上周的评论对于李文的释放，以及如何行政部门处理这中国的美国人。这是克林顿总统失败承担责任，并拒绝来稳住自己对他的政府的行为负责的最新实例。[页S8642]李文的背景 - 为那些谁可能没有跟随这在过去一年 - 是政府最近同意让在洛斯阿拉莫斯实验室的这个前核科学家认罪到相对较小的费用，然后回家用在手腕上的一记耳光。我想我们大家都同意释放他是做合理的事情。但是，这只是一个很短的时间以前，行政部门却声称要李文是美国的国家安全这样一个严重的威胁，他在单独监禁，并与几乎没有能力李先生甚至接触他的家庭束缚属于。现在，时间在这坐月子经过长时间的，他会在手腕上和他的自由一记耳光。显然，政府的行政部门无法备份它的指控，证据或这种情况下，也不会解决，因为它没有。尽管约李文和公众做出的可怕的言论，但事实是，政府甚至没有的情况下。它只有怀疑。 Mr. Lee has, of course, paid a very high price for the suspicions of some in the executive branch. Maybe because Lee is Asian American, there is not the outcry over the loss of civil liberties that there would be had Lee been a member of some other minority group. The same people who speak up against some minorities being mistreated because of civil liberties evidently don't seem inclined to speak up in the case of an Asian American. Mr. Lee's treatment has caused widespread public outcry. How can this happen in America where we treasure freedom and where the rule of law has been the basis for our country's law going back to the setting up of the colonies? How could the government damage the reputation of a citizen by labeling him as a spy for the Communist Chinese, lock him away for 9 months of solitary confinement, and then just simply drop the case? Our Government has damaged its reputation by the way it handled the Lee case. The American people are outraged. Pundits and political observers have raised legitimate questions about the abusive way in which Mr. Lee was treated by the executive branch of Government. In the midst of this justifiable criticism, President Clinton decided that it was time for him, as President of the United States, to chime in. President Clinton happens to be the Chief Executive Officer of the country. He thinks, like the rest of us, that the executive branch of Government may have abused its power in the way it went after Mr. Lee and kept him confined for such a long period of time. What troubles me about克林顿总统的评论是，他的行为好像是美国总统，只是一些卫星观察员，他们没有任何与这种国家的法律执行的方式有关。由于每个高中生在其公民课程中学到的，政府的行政权力归属于美国第三条第I条第I节第I条：行政权力应归属于美利坚合众国总统。这是一个非常简单的语言和明确。这些话意味着总统负责执法。总统负责保护我们的国家安全。所以，即使总统委派了他的一些权力，总统也负责李先生发生的事情。我希望总统在他离开办公室之前只能曾经一次，并作为他的遗产的一部分，说他对他的手表发生的事情负责。我想让他说：我和我所指定的人都对李先生发生的事情负责。但不是。他在他的新闻发布会中说：“他们”这件事 - “他们”抱着他; "they" had these charges. It was always "they," "they," "they." I happen to think President Clinton is the chief "they." He is above all the rest of the "theys." It happens that President Clinton seems to think the Justice Department is some agency of government outside of his control. Surely the President knows better than this. The Washington Post certainly does. This past Saturday, the Post editorial page commented on the Wen Ho Lee case: President Clinton asks us to see him as one more commentator troubled by the case, rather than as the head of the government that brought it. In other words, I think the Washington Post is saying the President is, in fact, the chief "they;" or he is in charge of all the rest of the "theys." Of course, as far as I am concerned, the Washington Post is right on this point. The nation is waiting for real leadership, not another evasion or more misdirection. President Clinton may be an "artful dodger," but this is one dodge that just won't work. The American people elected President Clinton to be in that office so he could lead, not blame subordinates. The Constitution is crystal clear that the President has the ultimate responsibility of leadership and the ultimate power of our executive branch. It is high time for President Clinton to follow the Constitution and take responsibility for the sorry actions that took place in regard to Mr. Wen Ho Lee during this administration. I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kyl). The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________