[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 29, 1994]
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                        PASS REFORM LEGISLATION

  (Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, today we will bring up for 
debate a lobby law reform. That is very positive, that at long last 
this will be brought before us for a debate and final resolution.
  But let us not forget the rest of the reform agenda. My understanding 
is that we are very close to an agreement on election law reform. We 
passed a strong election law reform bill in this House that was 
supported by all of the reform groups. We need to pass it. We need more 
support from our colleagues to team up with the rest of us who are 
demanding that the Senate bring up the Swett-Shays Congressional 
Accountability Act. That passed this House nearly unanimously.
  Then we need to have a similar kind of bipartisan team effort to call 
for the rest of the reform agenda: A line-item veto, emergency spending 
restraint, and baseline budgeting. All of these passed this House by a 
large majority. Let us team up. Let us ask for colleagues in the 
Senate. We can still pass it this session. That will bring fiscal 
responsibility to this Congress once and for all.

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