[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 43 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 19, 1994]
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                          NO LONGER OPERATIVE

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, then-candidate Clinton said he wanted to 
change things in the White House. Fifteen months into his 
administration, Americans are learning just what he meant. It seems the 
White House has a new game plan: If you don't like time-honored rules, 
change them, ignore them, or make them no longer operative. When 
statements about the First Couple's business deals proved untruthful, 
the White House simply dismissed those statements as no longer 
operative. When the security clearance forms prove too cumbersome and 
perhaps too embarrassing, the staff simply avoids them. When the 
numbers on those pesky back tax forms do not add up, the penalty is 
simply deemed not applicable. Mr. Speaker, it seems following the rules 
is no longer operative in the White House. It also seems President 
Clinton's trust deficit is growing faster than his budget deficit as a 
result, and that is not good for America.

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