[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 46 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       INTRODUCTION OF CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM ACT

  (Mr. BASS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BASS. Mr. Speaker, in the 104th Congress the new Republican 
majority has made great strides in reforming Congress and restoring 
America's faith in the honesty and integrity of this institution. 
Indeed, our accomplishments are a shining example of promises made and 
promises kept.
  Although we can be proud of these changes, one more vital reform 
remains, and that is campaign finance reform.
  Today I am introducing the Congressional Campaign Finance Reform Act 
to restore credibility and public confidence in elections. It includes 
provisions that bring elections back home by requiring a majority of 
campaign funds to be raised from in State sources, it emphasizes 
grassroots fundraising by reducing PAC contributions to $1,000 per 
election, and it controls the exorbitant costs of campaigns by allowing 
States to enact voluntary campaign spending limits as we have done in 
New Hampshire and in other States.
  For those of my colleagues who want to complete the reform of 
Congress that we started so well a year and-a-half ago, let us move 
forward, and I urge everyone to cosponsor my legislation or any of the 
other bills. Let us get a vote after the April recess.

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