[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 42 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PORKER OF THE WEEK AWARD

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, not too long ago I gave Bill Clinton my 
porker award for his $72 million trip to the African continent. Well, 
it looks like he is at it again. Clinton just returned from India, 
Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Switzerland with not one foreign policy 
success. He did nothing to ease the poverty in Bangladesh, was scoffed 
at by the Indian parliament, dismissed by Pakistani leaders, and 
rebuffed by the President of Syria.
  Instead, he showered the America public with photos of himself 
playing with elephants, dancing with, quote, empowered women and 
touring the Taj Mahal with daughter Chelsea.
  The 10-day trip included a virtual aerial armada of 26 military cargo 
planes and more than 50 other support aircraft. The Air Force, which 
had to do 177 strategic lift missions and 460 mission launches, has 
estimated that the price tag for the Asian tour could top $75 million.
  Now I know the President needs to be protected but give me a break. 
ABC pegged this junket correctly when it said it was a protected sight-
seeing tour. Bill Clinton gets my porker of the week award.

                          ____________________