[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 143 (Sunday, October 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WHERE IS THE PRESIDENT?

  (Mr. DeLAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, I say to my good friend from Connecticut that 
this is a do-nothing-that-the-liberal-likes Congress, that is for sure. 
But I am here working today. I do not mind. I was elected to do a job 
and I am going to do it. But what about the President, where is he? 
Maybe in Martha's Vineyard, Aspen, Camp David? Where is the President? 
I bet the American people do not know that he spent 152 days out of the 
283 days this year fund-raising, traveling, and on vacation. On top of 
that, I bet the American people do not know that he had only two 
Cabinet meetings this year. We know what those Cabinet meetings were. 
He shows up the day before adjournment and starts talking about 
education. The day before adjournment.
  Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is another workday, and alas according to 
reports the President will be in Palm Beach in the afternoon for pina 
coladas, for raising money, and then he will be jetting off to New York 
City for dinner for more fund-raisers. Enjoy yourself, Mr. President. 
We know how draining those two cabinet meetings were this year. But we 
will stay here as long as it takes and work on the budget. After all, 
the American people expect nothing less.

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