[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mrs. McCARTHY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, beginning with our first 
weeks of orientation, I believed this freshman class was a class that 
could work together. We wanted to talk together about the different 
points of why we ran.
  I have to say, working with my freshman class, one of the things that 
we both agreed on was campaign finance reform.
  Mr. Speaker, we have to do campaign finance reform. I do not want to 
waste my time trying to raise money. I want to do the people's work. We 
are not in the majority here. There are a number of freshman 
Republicans and Democrats who want to bring a bill on to the floor for 
campaign finance reform. Please, allow this to happen now so that we 
can have faith in the American people and they can have faith in us. 
Mr. Speaker, it is time to do it now.

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