[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
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                          MORE ON THE CLINTONS

  Mr. BARTON of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, yesterday another colleague from 
New Mexico raised on the House floor the issue of Hillary Rodham 
Clinton's investment of nearly $100,000 in a hedge fund that sold short 
health care and pharmaceutical stocks.
  Every President since Jimmy Carter has put his family's investments 
in a blind trust before taking office. Because the Clintons did not do 
so, they were in a position to know where their money was.
  Whether Mrs. Clinton knew about her financial interest in health care 
and pharmaceutical short sales is very important, because if she did, 
she may have violated the ethics laws.
  Our colleague implied that Ms. Clinton did not know about specific 
short sales of health care and pharmaceutical stocks. In fact, however, 
the Clinton's financial disclosure reports suggest she and the 
President did know. They reported, by name, several specific short 
sales of health care and pharmaceutical companies on just 1 day--
December 31, 1992. That was half a year after our colleague suggests 
specific investment information had stopped coming to them. Bill 
Clinton himself signed the report.
  Still, the Clintons have yet to reveal the short sales made by Ms. 
Rodham Clinton's partnership during the campaign, or in the first half 
of 1993, before they belatedly put their investments in a blind trust.
  Mr. Speaker, that is why 81 of our colleagues have asked for an 
investigation of Mrs. Clinton's compliance with the Ethics in 
Government Act.

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