[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19707]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     SLEEPOVERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, last week, the White House grudgingly 
released information showing that 404 people have been invited to sleep 
overnight in the White House since Hillary began her Senate campaign. 
Today a columnist in the Washington Post reports that 146 of the guests 
have contributed funds in this election cycle, 98 percent of it to 
Democrats. About 100 committed to supporting Hillary's campaign; others 
gave to the Gore campaign; others to the DNC.
  Sleepovers have risen to 29 per month. That is almost every night. 
Mr. Speaker, this practice of turning the White House into a Motel 6 
for soliciting campaign funds is improper and demeaning to the White 
House and to the office of the presidency. It is another disgusting 
example of the Clinton-Gore campaign finance practices, all while they 
call for campaign finance reform. That is nothing more than an attempt 
to get public attention away from their blatant ``no controlling legal 
authority'' violations. The American people deserve better.

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