IV
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 440
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight should confer immunity from prosecution for infor-
mation and testimony concerning illegal foreign fundraising activities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1998
Mr. BOEHNER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight should confer im-
munity from prosecution for information and testimony
concerning illegal foreign fundraising activities.
Whereas the Committee on Government Reform and Over-
sight is currently investigating the unprecedented flow of
illegal foreign contributions to the Clinton-Gore campaign
during the 1996 Presidential campaign;
Whereas more than 90 witnesses in the investigation have ei-
ther asserted the fifth amendment or fled the United
States to avoid testifying, including 53 persons involved
in raising money for the Democratic National Committee
or the Clinton-Gore campaign;
•HRES 440 IH
Whereas among the 53 persons who have either asserted the
fifth amendment or fled the United States to avoid testi-
fying are former Associate Attorney General Webster
Hubbell; former White House aide Mark Middleton; long-
time Clinton friends John Huang, Charlie Trie, and
James and Mochtar Riady; and Chinese businessman Ted
Sieong and 11 members of his family;
Whereas democratic fundraiser Johnny Chung has told De-
partment of Justice investigators that he funneled more
than $100,000 in illegal campaign contributions from a
Chinese military officer to Democrats during the 1996
campaign cycle, according to a New York Times report
on May 15, 1998;
Whereas Chung told Federal investigators much of the
$100,000 he gave to the Democratic National Committee
in the 1996 campaign came from Communist China’s
Peoples Liberation Army through Liu Chaoying, a
Chineese Lieutenant Colonel and aerospace industry exec-
utive;
Whereas Chung’s account and supporting evidence, such as
financial records, is the first direct evidence of Com-
munist Chinese campaign contributions being funneled to
the Democratic National Committee and Clinton-Gore
’96;
Whereas subsequent to the receipt of the illegal campaign
contributions from Communist Chineese officials the
Clinton Administration relaxed export controls and over-
ruled a Pentagon ban on the sale and export of sophisti-
cated satellite technology to China;
Whereas on April 23 and May 13, 1998, the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight unsuccessfully sought
•HRES 440 IH
to grant immunity from prosecution to 4 important wit-
nesses, including 2 former employees of Johnny Chung
who have direct knowledge concerning Communist Chi-
nese attempts to influence United States policy and make
illegal campaign contributions;
Whereas these 4 witnesses, Irene Su, Nancy Lee, Larry
Wong, and Kent La, each have direct information con-
cerning the efforts employed by Johnny Chung, Ted
Sieong, and other foreigners to violate Federal campaign
laws and exercise foreign influence over the 1996 elec-
tions;
Whereas the Department of Justice does not object to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight’s desire
to confer immunity on Irene Wu, Nancy Lee, Larry
Wong, and Kent La;
Whereas Irene Wu, Johnny Chung’s office manager and pri-
mary assistant, would provide the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform and Oversight firsthand information and
knowledge about Chung’s payments to Clinton-Gore ’96
and his relationships with foreign nationals;
Whereas Nancy Lee, an engineer at Mr. Chung’s company,
solicited contributions from her colleagues for the benefit
of Clinton-Gore ’96, and those contributions serve as the
foundation of criminal charges brought against Mr.
Chung;
Whereas Larry Wong, a long-time friend and associate of
convicted felon Gene Lum, has direct knowledge concern-
ing Lum’s method of making illegal foreign money con-
tributions to Clinton-Gore ’96;
Whereas Kent La, the United States distributor of Com-
munist Chinese cigarettes, has direct and relevant infor-
•HRES 440 IH
mation about illegal foreign money contributions made to
the Democratic National Committee by Ted Sioeng; and
Whereas the inability of the Committee on Government Re-
form and Oversight to confer immunity on these 4 impor-
tant witnesses serves as an impediment to the important
work of the committee in determining the extent to which
officials and associates of the Chinese and other foreign
government sought to influence the 1996 elections and
United States policy in violation of Federal campaign
contribution laws and regulations: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight should vote to direct the General Counsel
of the House of Representatives to apply to a United
States district court for an order immunizing from use in
prosecutions the testimony of, and other information pro-
vided by, Irene Wu, Nancy Lee, Larry Wong, and Kent
La at proceedings before or ancillary to the Committee.
Æ