[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            BOTH PARTIES CIRCUMVENTING CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, as the ongoing Senate hearings 
and news reports have revealed, both parties are circumventing our 
campaign finance laws to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in soft 
money. The time has come to ban soft money.
  Over 2 years ago the Speaker and President Clinton shook hands on 
campaign finance reform, but since that time nothing has been done. How 
many more pressing issues will Congress fail to address because of the 
insidious influence of money and politics? As we all know, delay means 
death for campaign finance reform.
  Recently 25 Members and I wrote to the Speaker asking for a floor 
scheduled vote on banning soft money in the 1998 election cycle. If no 
such schedule is designated before we leave this week, Mr. Speaker, all 
Members should be prepared to arrive at work early and stay late, 
because regular order is intolerable while campaign finance reform 
remains absent from our calendar.

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