[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 41 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H2668-H2669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PAID FOR BY THE NRA

  (Mr. MEEHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, good morning and welcome to the U.S. House 
of Representatives. Today's debate has been bought and paid for by the 
National Rifle Association. And boy was it expensive. It cost:

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  Soft money contributions of $308,000 to the Republican National Party 
Committees.
  Nearly $2 million in special interest PAC contributions, 78 percent 
or $1.4 million of it going to Republicans.
  The NRA spent another $1.5 million in independent expenditures, $1.2 
million of which went to support Republican candidates.
  And how about those reformers--the Republican House freshmen. They 
want this vote today. And there is little wonder.
  The NRA shelled out $235,000 in special interest PAC money to House 
freshmen in the 1993-94 election cycle, 44 percent of the NRA's total 
PAC contributions.
  Mr. Speaker, from day one this Congress has been responsive only to 
the powerful special interests that funnel high dollar campaign 
donations to the GOP. Today is just another glaring example.

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