[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H5387-H5388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PRESIDENT OUTRAGEOUSLY CLAIMS HE IS COVERED BY THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 
                               RELIEF ACT

  (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

[[Page H5388]]

  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this story should be in 
Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Lawyers for the President of the United 
States, Bill Clinton, who has been sued by a former Arkansas State 
employee, have now asked to postpone the lawsuit claiming that the 
President, who is the commander in chief, should be covered by the 
Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, which means they are claiming 
that Bill Clinton should be protected as a uniformed service member.
  Mr. Speaker, this is outrageous. On the eve of Memorial Day, this 
man, to avoid a lawsuit, would claim he is protected because he really 
is wearing the uniform of this country.
  Mr. Speaker, how outrageous can we get? Only in Ripley's could we 
find such a story.
  Please join me and sign the letter authored by our colleague, the 
gentleman from Arizona [Mr. Stump], to this President asking for some 
civil decency.

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