[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY ON PAC CONTRIBUTIONS

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I could not sit back and listen to the 
previous speaker without responding to the American taxpayers. There 
are 40,000 organizations that receive over $39 billion in taxpayer 
funded grants and so forth, and they are not subject to public 
disclosure or records of where the money went.
  One group received 97 percent of its budget from the Federal 
Government and turned around and gave $405,000 to congressional 
candidates through their PAC. I do not think that is what the taxpayers 
want. There are plenty of good organizations who will continue to get 
funding and will continue to have political input. What we want to do 
is stop the abuse of taxpayer moneys for political purposes.
  I have cosponsored an amendment to this bill that says that if you 
spend less than $25,000 a year on political activities, you are exempt 
from it. There is also a provision in the bill that exempts you if 5 
percent or less of your money is spent on it.
  This is not going after the small groups. This is going after the big 
political business groups. I urge my colleagues to support the Istook-
McIntosh amendment.

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