[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H6923-H6924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CHEATING IN THE WHITE HOUSE

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

[[Page H6924]]

  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, as America's 
schoolchildren go back to the schoolhouse, I wonder what they must 
think of their obligation to obey the rules, and when the occupants of 
the White House feel no obligation to obey the rules themselves. Let us 
consider the Presidential campaign of 1996. It, of course, would not be 
fair if some candidates had to obey it while others did not.
  For example, it is very important that everybody play by the same 
campaign finance rules. Those who broke the rules would be considered 
to have cheated by those who honored the rules. Examples of cheating 
would be taking foreign money, which besides being illegal would 
compromise the foreign policy decisions of the American government.
  Cheating would also include making fundraising phone calls from the 
White House. Cheating would also include making deals that require 
campaign contributions in exchange for a meeting or in exchange for 
inclusion in the trade mission or for sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom.
  Now of course other people use a different word to describe this kind 
of cheating, it is called corruption, but every child in schools today 
understands cheating.

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