[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 143 (Sunday, October 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PRESIDENT RAISING BIG DOLLARS IN PALM BEACH FOR TV ADS THAT DO NOT TELL 
                               THE TRUTH

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, as the Representative from Palm Beach County 
joining the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw) also representing Palm 
Beach, we are quite surprised that the President would assume that the 
negotiations to continue the good work of this Congress would be held 
in the island of Palm Beach. Clay Shaw and I stayed here to work on the 
people's problems. We are here throughout the weekend to solve the 
budget crisis. Regrettably the President and, I understand, the Vice 
President are traveling to Palm Beach, Florida to raise more money. In 
fact, the chairman of the Florida State Democratic Party suggested that 
they should probably not come because they were bleeding all of the 
dollars out of the State and bringing them here to Washington, D.C.
  So let us understand what this is all about, not about working, not 
about saving this Nation, not about helping our children, not about 
helping education. It is about going down to Palm Beach, Florida, a 
place that I love, to raise big dollars to come back and assault the 
integrity of the American public with more money on TV ads that do not 
tell the truth.
  So, if the President wants to solve the government's problems, stay 
in Washington tomorrow, work through the weekend, like we are. We can 
make some significant gains for the American taxpayers.

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