[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           SPEAKER'S PASSION FOR CAMPAIGN REFORM COOLING DOWN

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, exactly 1 month ago today, I publicly 
congratulated Speaker Gingrich for his historic New Hampshire handshake 
with President Clinton.
  The Speaker agreed to establish a nonpartisan commission that would 
write campaign and political reform legislation.
  I urged the Speaker to use the independent commission bill I 
introduced in March with Marty Meehan, Tim Johnson, and others as a 
starting point.
  I sincerely hope that as Washington's summer weather has heated up, 
the Speaker's passion for reform has not cooled down.
  Because, while the Speaker extended his hand to the President, the 
Republican National Committee is using both hands to grab huge chunks 
of special interest campaign cash.
  It is incredible that the Republican majority deleted new meat 
inspection rules at the behest of large companies.
  Republicans are catering to special interests at the expense of the 
public interest.


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