[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 59 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          PARTISANSHIP FOUND IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATION

  (Mrs. CHENOWETH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, accusations of partisanship are very 
common in this city. However, it is also common to notice that those 
making accusations of partisanship are often among the most bitterly 
partisan people in the entire city.
  The top Democrat on the House Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight is a proud partisan with impeccable credentials. Just listen 
to his impressive record of partisanship. He had no problem with the 
White House having 900 FBI files on Republicans. He thought White House 
nonexplanations that no one knew who hired Craig Livingstone was 
satisfactory. He had no problem with the White House smear of Billy 
Dale and the others fired in the White House travel office.
  Vice presidential fund-raising on government property, no problem. 
The Vice President having a fund-raiser at a Buddhist Temple in 
California, no problem. The Democrats see nothing wrong with that. 
Shaking down impoverished Indian tribes for campaign money, no problem.
  The Democrats ask why we should care. Turning the White House coffees 
into fund-raisers, I have a problem with that, Mr. Speaker.

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