[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 22 (Thursday, March 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 3, 1994]
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                          CONFLICT OF INTEREST

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, the White House yesterday denied that 
there was a conflict of interest when Hillary Clinton sued a political 
supporter for the Government, and settled for less than she should 
have.
  The White House also doesn't think it is unusual that Mrs. Clinton's 
associates sold short pharmaceutical company stocks right before she 
publicly attacked those companies in the media.
  Clearly, the White House doesn't know the definition of conflict of 
interest.
  But, Mr. Speaker, there are serious questions raised by the ethical 
lapses of the Clinton administration. The President's credibility on 
health care and crime must be reexamined in light of these ethics 
questions.
  How can we trust a Government to run our health care when it cannot 
take care of its own business without waste, fraud, and abuse of the 
people's trust?
  How can we trust a President to fight crime when his own 
administration has ethical problems? The American people need to know 
the answers to these questions.

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