[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANSWERS?

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Madam Speaker, I have been following these accusations 
of campaign finance scandals and reform and outrageous political 
corruption with great interest. But I must admit, I am having an 
awfully hard time keeping up.
  My Democrat friends insist that it is just political and that there 
is really nothing to them. Since my good friends on the liberal side of 
the aisle have such a sterling reputation for fairness and their own 
ironclad commitment to nonpartisanship, I would like them to clear up a 
few questions I have, questions I am sure they are just as eager to 
have answered as I am.
  So, who did hire Craig Livingston at the White House? You know, the 
former bouncer put in charge of security at the White House and who 
somehow ended up with 900 FBI files on us Republicans?
  Another question I have is, what is the difference between a fund-
raiser and a finance-related event? I would like to know so that I too 
can get around the same laws which restrict such activities.
  Why did John Huang hide for several days from a Federal judge in 
order to keep embarrassing fund-raising revelations quiet until after 
the 1996 election?
  Does anyone have those answers?

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