[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10528-H10529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE PRESIDENT AND THE RICH

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, if you had $25,000, you could have spent 
last Friday evening with Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Barbra 
Streisand. Where else but in Hollywood can Bill escape the nagging 
problems of the average American, like the increasing drug use among 
teens, in order to rub elbows with his rich and famous pals?
  That is $25,000. Can you believe it? Mr. Speaker, the average 
American family of four working people with an annual income of about 
$30,000 a year would have had to fork over almost all of their paycheck 
for an entire year just to have dinner with Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  We had a great President from Hollywood, Ronald Reagan. Now we have a

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President that acts like Hollywood. Mr. Speaker, it is time for the 
President to pay attention to the concerns of average Americans, not 
the labor bosses, not the Hollywood pals who make millions of dollars 
each year. It is time to make America better. It is time for a real 
American hero, Bob Dole.

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