[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 182 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     GIFT BAN AND LOBBY DISCLOSURE

  (Mr. SHAYS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, on another note, today we will be taking up 
Gift Ban and Lobby Disclosure, two bills that were passed by the Senate 
a number of months ago. My plea to this Chamber is that on a bipartisan 
basis we can pass both bills. I salute the Democrats for pushing these 
issues before the Chamber, and my Republican colleagues who want to 
move forward.
  I encourage them to vote against the Burton amendment, which, in my 
view, is a gutting amendment, and will keep things basically the way 
they are. I encourage them to support the Senate proposal or even 
better, a total ban, as the Speaker has proposed. On lobby disclosure, 
we need no amendment to that bill; we can send it on to the President. 
I understand a number of my colleagues on the Democratic side want to 
send it to the President. I encourage a number on my side to oppose any 
amendment and finally get lobbyists to register.

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