[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H10563-H10564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ATTENDING FUND-RAISERS

  (Mr. HAYWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I came to the well of this 
House, and I asked the President of the United States, Mr. Speaker, to 
refrain from attending two major fund-raising events, to stay here in 
Washington and work with the Congress to make the decisions necessary 
to reach accord on our budget situation. The President, indeed, decided 
not to go to Palm Beach, Florida, but sadly, Mr. Speaker, the President 
plans to go on to New York City for not one, but three fund-raising 
events tonight.
  Those three fund-raising events will give him a total of 100 fund-
raising events, Mr. Speaker, and yet the President all year long has 
only held two Cabinet meetings, on both occasions to discuss his 
personal situation.
  Mr. Speaker, I would call on the President again not to attend the 
fund-raising meetings in New York, especially, as I pointed out 
yesterday, because they are to benefit a sitting

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member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, a person with 
aspirations toward moving to the other side of Capitol Hill and the 
other body. Even though Washington is hard-bitten and cynical, Mr. 
Speaker, even our opposition can see the conflict of interest.

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