September 12, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 146 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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DIRECTING THE CLERK TO PROVIDE AUDIO BACKUP FILE OF DEPOSITION OF ROGER 
                              J. STONE JR.



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  September 12, 2019, on page H7690, the following appeared: 
DIRECTING THE CLERK TO PROVIDE AUDIO BACKUP FILE OF DEPOSITION OF 
ROGER R. STONE JR.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: DIRECTING THE 
CLERK TO PROVIDE AUDIO BACKUP FILE OF DEPOSITION OF ROGER J. STONE 
JR.


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  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I send to the desk a resolution (H. Res. 
553) directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide a 
copy of the on-the-record portions of the audio backup file of the 
transcribed interview of Roger J. Stone Jr. conducted by the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence on September 26, 2017, to the 
prosecuting attorneys in the case of the United States of America v. 
Stone, No. 1:19-cr-00018-ABJ (D.D.C), and ask unanimous consent for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Massachusetts?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 553

       Whereas on September 26, 2017, Roger J. Stone Jr. appeared 
     in Washington, DC, and was interviewed by the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives in connection with that Committee's 
     investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United 
     States election;
       Whereas the Department of Justice requested in a December 
     14, 2018, letter to the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence that the Committee provide a transcript of its 
     September 26, 2017, interview with Mr. Stone, as well as any 
     other written submissions or correspondence from Mr. Stone or 
     his attorneys before and after his interview;
       Whereas on December 20, 2018, pursuant to a bipartisan 
     Committee vote on that date authorizing the release of 
     Executive Session materials, the then-Chair and ranking 
     minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence jointly sent the Department of Justice the 
     transcript of Mr. Stone's September 26, 2017, interview, as 
     well as an enumerated list of related materials;
       Whereas on January 24, 2019, Mr. Stone was indicted by a 
     grand jury on seven counts, including one count of 
     obstruction of an official proceeding, in violation of 
     sections 1505 and 2 of title 18, United States Code, and five 
     counts of making false statements in violation of sections 
     1001(a)(2) and 2 of title 18, United States Code;
       Whereas the Department of Justice requested via letter on 
     August 20, 2019, that the House voluntarily provide to it a 
     copy of the on-the-record portions of the audio backup file 
     of Mr. Stone's September 26, 2017, transcribed interview;
       Whereas by the privileges and rights of the House of 
     Representatives, an audio backup file of Mr. Stone's 
     transcribed interview may not be taken from the possession or 
     control of the Clerk of the House of Representatives by 
     mandate of process of the article III courts of the United 
     States, and may not be provided pursuant to requests by the 
     court or the parties to United States of America v. Stone 
     except at the direction of the House; and
       Whereas it is the judgment of the House of Representatives 
     that, in the particular circumstances of this case, providing 
     a copy of the on-the-record portions of the audio backup file 
     of Mr. Stone's transcribed interview to the prosecuting 
     attorneys in the case of United States v. Stone would promote 
     the ends of justice in a manner consistent with the 
     privileges and rights of the House: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives directs the 
     Clerk of the House to provide for use at trial a copy of the 
     on-the-record portions of the audio backup file of the 
     transcribed interview of Roger J. Stone Jr. that was 
     conducted by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
     of the House of Representatives on September 26, 2017, to the 
     prosecuting attorneys in the case of United States of America 
     v. Stone, No. 1:19-cr-00018-ABJ (D.D.C.).

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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