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Mark Souder: I think that is what I am saying. And, furthermore, a convicted drug dealer was let in. So it was not as though they did…

On the recordOctober 2, 1997
I think that is what I am saying. And, furthermore, a convicted drug dealer was let in. So it was not as though they did not have a record, it was not as though they did not have background checks on these people, it was the classic cannot see, cannot hear, and, therefore, there is no evil. A Federal judge also denied his request to leave the area, Douze' request to leave the area, to visit the White House. But Douze, who was arrested in 1988 for blowing up a bridge in Haiti, received the judge's permission to visit his dying mother in Haiti a few weeks after the Gore fundraiser. Surprise, surprise, he has not come back. How does it happen? They let it. They do not follow rule No. 1, which is to follow the current law. I would like to, if I can, take a few more minutes here to go to the third case, Johnny Chung. This is his quote: ``I see the White House like a subway; you have to put in coins to open the gates.'' That is how Johnny Chung explained his $50,000 contribution which was delivered to the First Lady's office in 1995 to buy access to the President.
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Mark Souder
Indiana

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Discussing issues of security and access related to the White House during a floor speech.

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