[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            CAMPAIGN FINANCE

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, last weekend in New Hampshire, a shake of 
hands promised to shake up a system in dire need of shaking up.
  With a handshake, the President and the Speaker implicitly endorsed a 
bill that Representatives Johnson, Meehan, and I introduced earlier 
this year to reform campaign finance laws.
  For 20 years, Congress has failed miserably in its efforts to reform 
Federal elections, to level the playing field between challengers and 
incumbents.
  Americans want elections instead of auctions.
  Our bill is modeled closely after the law which created the military 
base closing commission.
  The commission would be mandated to examine all key principles of 
campaign finance reform.
  The commission would present Congress with a bill for a straight up-
or-down vote.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to turn the promise of a handshake into the 
reality of law.


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