[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   THE FIRST LADY SHOULD PUT TAXPAYERS' INTERESTS AHEAD OF PERSONAL 
                                AMBITION

  (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, there appears to be a double standard at the 
White House. At last count, the First Lady's campaign for the U.S. 
Senate has cost the taxpayers well over $1 million. She is flying 
around the Empire State in grand style using military aircraft, full-
time Secret Service protection, not only for herself but also for her 
campaign aides, and continues to drag her feet in reimbursing the 
taxpayers.
  She has reimbursed the Treasury just over $6,000 for one 4-day 
campaign trip in August, but in reality, this trip cost about $60,000 
as they flew around in an Air Force C-20. So far she has only 
reimbursed the taxpayers $185,000, about 5 percent of what she owes.
  As First Lady, Mrs. Clinton should get the same security and security 
measures that previous First Ladies have had, but the taxpayers should 
not be footing the bill for a political campaign for public office.
  The First Lady should put the American taxpayers' interests first 
above a personal desire for power.

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