[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: September 29, 1994]
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                        VOTERS BEWARE OF TRICKS

  (Ms. SHEPHERD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. SHEPHERD. Mr. Speaker, voters should beware of election year 
tricks.
  It is a trick to propose a plan that pretends to cost nothing, but 
that adds $1 trillion to the Federal deficit.
  It is a trick to support reform in word and then vote against it on 
the floor.
  The latest trick is the assertion that the lobbying reform bill 
threatens grassroots religious efforts.
  The Lobbying Disclosure Act has received the support of the U.S. 
Catholic Conference, the Baptist Joint Committee, and the Religious 
Action Center of Reform Judaism. The Joint Baptist Committee says that 
the language of the bill and the report ``protects the free exercise of 
rights of Churches and religious organizations. * * *''
  Mr. Speaker, today the real reformers will stand up and be counted by 
voting ``yes'' on the rule and then ``yes'' for adoption of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act.

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