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Victor Fazio: “Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the author of the amendment if he would explain to me what is different from existing laws.…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1998
Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the author of the amendment if he would explain to me what is different from existing laws. As I understand it, we have always required that every President, going back as far as I can remember, reimburse part of the cost of any trip that involves any kind of political activity while he is on an official trip. What the gentleman seems to be saying is that any political activity automatically makes the entire trip a political trip, even if there is a great deal of official duty and activity taking place. Would the gentleman give me some sort of an answer?
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Victor Fazio
Democratic · California

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Questioning an amendment regarding presidential trip reimbursements during a committee discussion.

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