[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         OPEN UP GOPAC'S BOOKS

  (Mr. BROWN of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, if numbers such as $715,000, 
$324,000 or even $172,000 had shown up on my last FEC report, the 
Republican National Committee would demand an immediate investigation, 
and the Federal Election Commission would have already levied steep 
fines against me. In fact, my Republican colleagues likely would be 
calling for an ethics investigation and an independent counsel. I would 
like to assure my colleagues that dollar amounts of that magnitude did 
not show up on my FEC report. But I will tell my colleagues where they 
did show up: GOPAC.
  According to the Los Angeles Times on January 30, 1995, GOPAC has 
received more than $2.8 million from just 10 contributors, but we will 
not see these dollar amounts on GOPAC's FEC reports. They refuse to 
disclose the information.
  Mr. Speaker, in an era when the new Republican majority talks about 
an open Congress and opening up the political process, it seems to me 
it should live by its own words and open up GOPAC's books.

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