[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             BAN SOFT MONEY

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, the American people are tired. They are 
tired of special interests and big money wreaking havoc on our 
political system. And Mr. Speaker, they are tired of the Republican 
leadership's continued refusal to bring up campaign finance reform on 
our floor. We want to debate it, not stand here and complain about it. 
There are many proposals, Mr. Speaker, to clean up our political 
system, but at the very least we should agree on one small step and 
that is to ban soft money.
  Mr. Speaker, when we ban soft money we will tell the American people 
that in our political system the almighty dollar is not all mighty any 
more, and at the same time, Mr. Speaker, we will tell the people of 
this country that the bucks have stopped coming here.

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