[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 41 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1345]
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                           CAMPAIGN FINANCING

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, if my colleagues think the last campaign was 
too long, too costly and too negative, they ought to be mad. The AFL-
CIO started negative political ads in Wichita, KS, last week, 19 months 
before the next election. Misleading false messages in the form of TV 
commercials are corrosive to our system of self government.

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  Here in America, the people govern. But how can they make good 
decisions when the information they get on television is false and 
misleading.
  Most Americans believe that we ought to have time to govern, to 
represent the people, but when false campaign ads start 5 months after 
the last election, so does the next campaign. It is time for campaign 
reform, it is time for the AFL-CIO to be restricted to separate 
voluntary contributions, not the taking of dues without the consent of 
their Members.

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