[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           FUND-RAISING GETTING IN THE WAY OF PASSING BUDGET

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, first of all, let me congratulate the 
President on his 100th fund-raiser. That is a quite a milestone for a 
guy who has only had time for two cabinet meetings this year.
  This year, most of the money is American money, a novel concept. I 
understand that Chinese money has kind of been discouraged. Big step 
for the DCCC and the Democrat party. I congratulate him on that.
  But it would be nice to think, why not try to get the cabinet 
meetings up to 5 this year. One hundred fund-raisers; five cabinet 
meetings. I do not know. He might want to talk about Bosnia, health 
care education, jobs, taxes, who knows.
  This week, Congress worked. We worked Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 
Monday, and of course Tuesday, and we will be working until we get the 
budget passed. Why? Because we have a great provision in there to put 
more dollars into the classroom for the school kids of America.
  Why? Because there is a farm disaster, $700 million in the State of 
Georgia alone. The President has vetoed the bill. No cabinet meeting on 
that, too. But, then again, who needs the cabinet member from the USDA.
  Then of course we have Social Security, a Republican plan to petition 
and wall off $1.4 trillion dollars so it cannot be used for general 
funds. All these are important, all these are working over the 
weekends. I hope the President will consider skipping one fund-raiser 
to help us out.

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