[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 111 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Madam Speaker, today Speaker Gingrich has an 
opportunity to do something truly positive for the American people, to 
save a dying effort for real reform. Basically the Republican bill puts 
more money into the system, the Democratic bill favors less money in 
politics. The two bills are miles apart and dead on arrival. The only 
way to revive campaign finance in the Senate and to pass a viable bill 
here in the House is to create an independent strong commission that 
will come forward with a principal plan for an up-or-down vote.
  Madam Speaker, Speaker Gingrich and the President shook hands on it 
and publicly endorsed the concept. An independent commission is 
reform's only chance in this Congress. Madam Speaker, only Speaker 
Gingrich can make it happen.

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