[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                        SO THAT'S WHERE IT WENT!

  (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, media reports this morning tell of the 
confirmation of the black hole theory in astronomy.
  A black hole is described by the New York Times as ``a gravitational 
monster that gobbles up everything around it.''
  This discovery may solve one of the great political mysteries of our 
time.
  Can it be that a black hole has gobbled up the Clinton foreign 
policy?
  After all, trained observers, using the most sensitive detection 
instruments have not been able to confirm that such a policy exists, 
although the administration loudly claims it is there.
  Obviously more investigation is needed before this black hole/foreign 
policy theory is accepted, and I urge astronomers to continue their 
investigations.
  But I must say that I strongly favor this hypothesis, since it is the 
only logical explanation of why this Nation has not had a foreign 
policy since this administration took office.

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