[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CLOSE SOFT MONEY LOOPHOLE

  (Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, I was disappointed to read in 
Tuesday's Congress Daily the top Republican lawmakers were not going to 
make passing campaign finance reform a priority this session.
  It is time to recognize there are no more legitimate excuses why this 
body has not acted on this issue. The American people want it, the 
political process needs it, and we have a good legislative vehicle to 
make it happen, thanks to a recently introduced bill by a bipartisan 
freshman task force.
  Our Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act would take an important first 
step toward reforming the political process by banning soft money 
contributions. Soft money contributions allow individuals, 
corporations, and other organizations to give unlimited amounts of 
money to influence Federal elections.
  It is time to close the soft money loophole and pass meaningful 
campaign finance reform.

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