[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7019-H7020]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, campaign finance reform does not have to be a 
partisan affair. It can be a bipartisan

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affair. In fact, the freshmen of this Congress, six Republicans and six 
Democrats, worked on a task force and developed the Bipartisan Campaign 
Integrity Act of 1997. It takes the biggest of the big money out of 
politics and it does something else: It takes the contentious issues 
off the table.
  There are those on the Republican side who simply want to do 
something about labor unions. But they know that is a deal breaker. 
There are those on the Democratic side who want to do something about 
candidate spending limits, but those over here think that is a deal 
breaker.
  The fact is, we can take the biggest of the big money out of 
politics. We need to support the Bipartisan Integrity Act of 1997, the 
freshman task force bill. In this Congress we should legislate, not 
just investigate. I urge all my colleagues, especially those on the 
Republican side, to join the 11 Republicans and many Democrats who 
support this bill.

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