[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 105 (Wednesday, August 3, 1994)]
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[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 3, 1994]
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                   THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL EXPENSE FUND

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the Clintons have been ill-served by 
their attorneys. Their better-late-than-never lawyering will not be 
enough to bail them out of the problems created by the Presidential 
legal expense fund. A month after the fund's creation the Office of 
Government Ethics OK'd the fund, saving the President much 
embarrassment. You see, the President is forbidden by law from 
soliciting gifts. But the fund calls for solicitations, including 
direct mail solicitation, no less. The fund was advertised with much 
fanfare at a press conference, and the address to which contributions 
can be made has been distributed all over Washington and published in 
the press.
  Back where I come from you call them as you see them, and if this 
does not constitute soliciting donations, I do not know what does. The 
OGE's opinion is prospective only and the White House says they will 
not do it anymore. I ask my colleagues to join me in signing a letter 
to OGE requesting an assessment of activities already taken place. Our 
President should take another look at the law.

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