Responses to questions submitted by Senator Percy. Prepared statement of Hon. Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Hon. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut__- Hon. Howard W. Cannon, a U.S. Senator from the State of Nevada.. Hon. Hugh Scott, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania.. Hon. Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin...... Memorandum to Senator Ribicoff from David R. Schaefer and Blain B. Butner, re: "Historical Incidents Where A Division of Government Crimes or a Temporary Special Prosecutor Would Have Been Helfpul". "Preventing Improper Influence on Federal Law Enforcement Agencies,' a report of the ABA Special Committee to Study Federal Law Enforce- ment Agencies, February 16, 1976.. "Watergate in Retrospect: The Forgotten Agenda," a report prepared by members of the Research Committee, National Capital Area Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration, October 1975.. Testimony of the Honorable Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of the United States before the Senate Select Committee to Study Govern- mental Operations with respect to Intelligence Activities, November 6, Letter to Raymond L. Gooch, staff counsel, Joint Committee on Congres- sional Operations, Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C., from Irving Jaffe, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., March 14, 1973, with list of cases instituted against a Member of Congress or one of its officers or legislative officials with brief description of suit--- Cases in which the Department of Justice represented or is representing Members or officers of Congress or other legislative branch officials--- Cases in which legislative defendants did not request representation. Exchange of letters between Hon. Lee Metcalf, Chairman, Joint Com- mittee on Congressional Operations, U.S. Senate, and Mary C. Lawton, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Depart- ment of Justice, Washington, D.C., August 1, 1973, and August 17, 1973. Report from Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, entitled "Representation of Congress by Congressional and Private Legal Coun- sel in the Courts", April 1971__ Letter to Hon. James Abourezk, Chairman, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, U.S. Senate, from Fred M. Vinson, Jr., law offices of Reasoner, Davis and Vinson, dated August 6, 1975, with enclosures.. Congressional Intervention in Supreme Court Proceedings on the Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution, from the Congressional Record: Executive Order 11222 Prescribing Standards of Ethical Conduct for Government Officers and Employees...-- Letters from United States Civil Service Commission: January 27, 1976-Views on S. 192 and S. 2295_ Report from the Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, entitled "Constitutional Issues Which May Arise in Bill Providing for Full Financial Disclosure by Federal Officials". Page 634 637 639 658 Report from Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, entitled: "Comparative Analysis of Seven Bills Introduced in the 94th Congress Requiring Public Financial Disclosure by Officers and Employees of the Government," November 25, 1975.. 664 Article from New York University Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, May 1975, entitled: "Removing Politics from the Justice Department: Constitutional Problems with Institutional Reform". 675 The committee met at 10 a.m. in room 3302, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Abraham Ribicoff, [chairman] presiding. Present: Senators Ribicoff, Percy, and Weicker. Staff members present: Richard A. Wegman, chief counsel and staff director; David R. Schaefer, counsel; Marilyn A. Harris, chief clerk, Elizabeth A. Preast, assistant chief clerk. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RIBICOFF Chairman RIBICOFF. The committee will come to order. Today the Committee on Government Operations continues its hearings on S. 495, the Watergate Reorganization and Reform Act of 1975. This bill is based upon the recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, also known as the Watergate Committee. Senator Percy and I introduced the Watergate reform bill as a vehicle for the serious consideration of proposals to correct imperfections in our system of government which were revealed by Watergate. Senator Percy and I consider S. 495 as a working draft. A new bill was introduced yesterday by Senator Abourezk which attempts to improve upon the proposal in the Watergate Reform Act for a Congressional Legal Service.' I understand that the Department of Justice received an advance copy of that legislation and is prepared to comment on it today. The committee looks forward to having Senator Abourezk testify before us on his bill next Monday. I also understand that the Department of Justice has received the recommendations contained in the final report of the Watergate special force and the draft proposal of the American Bar Association's Special Committee to Study Federal Law Enforcement Agencies and that Mr. Uhlmann, of the Justice Department, is prepared to discuss the Department's view of those proposals. The Department of Justice has requested that it be permitted to comment on the financial disclosure proposals before this committee at a later time because the Department needs more time to prepare its views on these proposals. Therefore, arrangements will be made for the Department of Justice to testify at a future hearing on this subject or to submit their written views on these proposals. Today our first witness is Michael Uhlmann, Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs. 1 Bee copy of 8. 2731, p. 228. Letters from United States Civil Service Commission: Page 634 January 27, 1976-Views on S. 192 and S. 2295__ Report from the Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, entitled "Constitutional Issues Which May Arise in Bill Providing for Full Financial Disclosure by Federal Officials". Executive Order 11222—Prescribing Standards of Ethical Conduct for Government Officers and Employees__ 637 639 658 Report from Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, entitled: "Comparative Analysis of Seven Bills Introduced in the 94th Congress Requiring Public Financial Disclosure by Officers and Employees of the Government," November 25, 1975. 664 Article from New York University Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, May 1975, entitled: "Removing Politics from the Justice Department: Constitutional Problems with Institutional Reform" 675 |