Steven Schiff
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Steven Schiff was a house rep in New Mexico. On the CBS Gil Gross Radio show, according to ATS, he had this to say about Roswell:
| “ | "I wrote to the Department of Defense, laying out these allegations and asking them if someone could come over with the file and brief me on it. My intent was to simply release this back to whomever inquired, which is very routine in Congress.
The response I got was not routine. The response I got was a very brief letter from the Air Force saying that my request had been referred to the National Archives, without any further comment... and without any offer of any kind of assistance in retrieving it... So I went to the National Archives and the National Archives wrote a letter back to me saying they didn't have anything in their files on the Roswell incident... I just have to say this much: the way the Dept. of Defense has responded has not been routine. Having been given a "runaround" in his search, he instigated an inquiry by the GAO (General Accounting Office) in 1994 into the handling of Air Force files relating to this matter. I did not ask the General Accounting Office to try once and for all to resolve this matter... What I asked the GAO to do was to assist me in locating whatever Air Force and Defense Department files would have existed on the subject, or an accounting of what happened to them. To me the issue is government accountability. I think that people who want to see government records are entitled to see government records or to get an explanation of what happened to them, regardless of their reason, regardless of the subject matter. It was my intention simply to make that information public if I could... unless there is a present security reason why not - and I have to add real fast if the matter is classified 'military secret,' we members of Congress can't just go monkeying around in there anytime we want. There are procedures for us too and that's fine with me. I was not told that we have a file that's classified. I was simply referred to an agency which I have to believe - now that I know the prominence of the Roswell incident - I have to believe the Dept. of Defense knew very well that I wasn't going to find anything in the National Archives when they sent me there twice. It's difficult for me to understand even if there was a legitimate security concern in 1947, that it would be a present security concern these many years later. Frankly I am baffled by the lack of responsiveness on the part of the Defense Dept. on this one issue, I simply can't explain it."[1][2][3] | ” |
Sadly he passed away March 25, 1998.[4]
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- ↑ CONGRESSMAN STEVEN SCHIFF. Gil Gross Show. CBS Radio. 1994-02.
- ↑ Mystiq (2009-05-13). "RE: J Edgar Hoover admitted Army recovered downed UFO". http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread462725/pg2#pid6280444. Retrieved on 2009-05-13.
- ↑ Cooke, Patrick. "UFO Quotations - The United States Congress". http://www.bibleufo.com/quotecong.htm. Retrieved on 2009-05-13.
- ↑ Filer, George (1998-11-27). "Filer's Files #47-1998". http://www.ufoinfo.com/filer/1998/ff9847.shtml. Retrieved on 2009-05-13.
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| Steven Schiff | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 1st district |
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| In office January 3, 1989 – March 25, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Lujan, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Heather Wilson |
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| Born | March 18, 1947 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | March 25, 1998 (aged 51) Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religion | Judaism |
Steven Harvey Schiff (March 18, 1947 – March 25, 1998) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the first district of New Mexico from 1989 until his death in 1998. Schiff was a Republican.
Schiff was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a B.A. at the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Schiff joined the National Guard in 1969, and he was a reservist until his death. He remained in New Mexico and was a lawyer until his election to Congress in 1989. From 1972 until 1981, Schiff was an assistant city attorney from Albuquerque. He was the Bernalillo County, New Mexico district attorney from 1981 until his entering Congress.
Schiff died of Squamous Cell Carcinoma [1] during his fifth term in Congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Republican Heather Wilson won a special election to succeed him.
[edit] References
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Steven Schiff at NNDB
- Steven Schiff at Find A Grave
[edit] External links
- Inventory of the Steven Schiff Papers, 1977-1998, University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for Southwest Research
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Manuel Lujan Jr. |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives January 3, 1989 – March 25, 1998 |
Succeeded by Heather Wilson |
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| Actor | Steven Schiff + |
| Date | 1994 +, 1947 +, and 25 March 1998 + |
| Event | Roswell incident + |
| Organization | Department of Defense +, United States Air Force +, National Archives +, and GAO + |
