[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

  (Mr. BAKER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, I guess the Clinton-Gore 
reelect team and the Democrats are not raking up enough cash from the 
trial lawyers and other special interests. While raising millions and 
millions of dollars in campaign funds at all kinds of fundraisers, 
Clinton has managed to nail the taxpayers for his opposition research 
staff. Thanks to Time magazine, American taxpayers have found out White 
House staff has been doing campaign work for the President.
  Imagine my surprise. His rapid-response team White House staff, 
funded exclusively by the taxpayers, are now blatantly working on 
campaign-style responses and attacks for the President's campaign.
  I guess we really should not be surprised. This administration has 
been the most partisan and political in history, from their globe-
trotting Cabinet members to their bloated White House staff. With 
Cabinet Secretaries like Bruce Babbit and Jesse Brown and others 
running around the country attacking Republicans on the taxpayers' 
dime, this pattern of taxpayer ripoff for the Clinton reelection is 
appalling.
  And just think: These are the Cabinet officials that are not yet 
being investigated.

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