[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 40 (Wednesday, April 1, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H1855-H1856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      STOP WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY

  (Mr. DeLAY Asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, since the election, the administration has 
amassed a team of 84 taxpayer-paid White House attorneys on the Federal 
payroll. That is 31 more lawyers than the entire squad on the Dallas 
Cowboy football team.
  Now, are these lawyers working on issues that affect the public good? 
Well, don't bet the farm on that. Since the newest rounds of scandals, 
the White House Counsel's Office has grown by 43 employees. The 
nonpartisan Congressional Research Service recently reminded us that a 
Federal employee hired as an attorney is compensated from United States 
Treasury funds to provide legal advice and assistance or to litigate 
matters concerning the official business of the United States, its 
agencies, officers and employees, rather than concerning matters which 
are purely personal to the employee or to another Federal official.
  That is the law.
  The time has come for the administration to spend more time on the 
people's business and less time wasting taxpayer's money stonewalling 
and invoking executive privilege.

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