[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5500]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE WHITE HOUSE BLAMES IT ON THE SYSTEM

  (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 compromise of our national security and 
corruption of the electoral process itself were not involved, I would 
find great humor in the attempts to change the subject by the other 
side. Everyone knows how absolutely brilliant children can be at 
changing the subject, how inventive our kids can be at shifting 
responsibility and finding excuses for their behavior.
  It is like a child playing with a dog in a way that he is not 
supposed to, pulling his tail or poking the dog where he hates to be 
poked, and then when the dog reacts by barking or biting, the child 
indignantly blames the dog.
  Well, Mr. Speaker, what we have is the White House in clear violation 
of the law and then turning around and blaming the system for making 
them break the law. The system somehow required the Democrat National 
Committee to take foreign money. The system somehow required the White 
House to turn the White House into the mother of all fundraising 
operations. The system somehow required the DNC to accept drug money 
from drug traffickers.
  Great example for our kids, Mr. Speaker; break the law then blame it 
all on the system.

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