[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the White House said, ``We must stop 
campaign spending abuses. Our Government is not for sale.'' If that is 
not enough to cause you a hernia, check this out. Three Buddhist nuns 
who pledged a vow of poverty raised $100,000 at a fundraiser held at a 
temple no less, now being called by the White House a community 
outreach program. I ask, reaching out for what?

                              {time}  0915

  Souls? Or dollars?
  The truth is, if it was not a fundraiser, why did the nuns shred all 
the evidence? The nun answered, ``Look, I don't know what made me do 
it. Perhaps fear made me do it.'' I would like to add that is about as 
good a cover-up answer as anybody could give; after all, she could have 
said, the devil made me do it.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker, beam me up.
  I guarantee one thing. They did not shred any cash over there at that 
temple, and I yield back the balance of all this innocence.

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