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John Doolittle: I would submit that campaign finance reform is not the issue. One of the previous speakers said, if we want peace, seek…

On the recordMarch 21, 1997
I would submit that campaign finance reform is not the issue. One of the previous speakers said, if we want peace, seek justice. Justice is exactly what we intend to seek. The question is, why is the Democrat leadership trying to turn the investigation away from the Clinton administration? Here is what they are trying to divert our attention away from. The President held 103 fund-raising coffees and 58 receptions and dinners at the White House. Here are a few of the disreputable individuals they invited: Wang Jun, the director of a Chinese arms trading company under investigation for illegally shipping 2,000 fully automatic, Chinese-made AK-47's to the United States, a guest at the White House. Jorge Gordito Cabrera, a convicted felon currently serving 19 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle 6,000 pounds of cocaine into the United States, another guest of the President and Mrs. Clinton at the White House. Eric Wynn, another convicted felon whose company, Wireless Advantage, gave $25,000 to the Democratic National Committee 2 days before Wynn had coffee at the White House. Wynn, who had already served 2 years in prison for a scheme that may have benefited the Bonanno crime family, is reported to have been seeking a pardon from the President. He was at the White House.
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John Doolittle
Republican · California

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Addressing campaign finance reform and alleged misconduct related to the Clinton administration.

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