House Proceeding 03-24-09 on Mar 24th, 2009 :: 0:03:30 to 0:05:05
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Ted Poe: and support for the loans for homes and homebuyers. thank you, mr. speaker. i yiel the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, over the last few years, numerous

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: reporters in the united states have been suspend about their confidential sources. prosecutors hear about a story that a news reporter covers regarding scandal, corruption, crimes or cover-ups and then has them subpoenaed before the grand jury. the purpose of the grand jury investigation is to find out who gave such information to the reporter with the goal of bringing the confidential source before the grand jury to testify.

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Ted Poe: most states protect journalists from having to reveal that source. however, there is no federal law to shield the confidential sources. the protection of the source's eye departmentity is important because without such a guarantee sources will be fearful of possible reprisals will if they reveal the information. thus, the public will not know about the information. with a few exceptions,

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Ted Poe: prosecutors should not depend on reporters and their sources to root out crime. if whistleblowers and reporters are protected by a shield law, the public's right to know will be enhanced by the free flow of information. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for wh purpose does the

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Ted Poe: gentleman from missouri ri >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. carnahan: thank you, mr. sp i'm proud of the work congress and the president have accomplished in just over two