[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    DEMOCRATS SHRED EVIDENCE, THEN ACT OUTRAGED ABOUT ``THE SYSTEM''

  (Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, sometimes we just have 
to sit back and admire the Democrats for their breathtaking audacity. 
Democrats have found themselves caught red-handed in more than one 
sense taking money from foreign sources. Let us make it very clear that 
is illegal. That is why the Democrat Party has already returned 
millions of dollars in contributions from foreign sources. Of course 
that is after they used the money to help the President get reelected.
  So now they feel qualified to tell the American people how to do it 
and that they are the party that would be expert in raising money. 
Well, would that still be from foreign sources? Maybe they think that 
under a better system, a system that does not force them to break the 
law, it should be OK to raise money for political campaigns from 
Communist China, launder that money to conceal its source, shred 
evidence to conceal the criminal behavior and then act outraged about 
the system.
  Or maybe they just want to change the subject.

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