[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CONSIDER CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM THIS YEAR

  (Mr. SNYDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, on June 11, 1995, the President and Speaker 
of the House, in a very famous photo of shaking hands, committed 
themselves to campaign finance reform. It has been over 2 years later. 
We have had 85 bills filed. There have been no hearings on campaign 
finance reform. There have been no bills passed.
  The President will support campaign finance reform, Mr. Speaker. This 
House and the House leadership needs to step forward and let this body 
consider campaign finance reform this year. My own preference is the 
freshmen bipartisan bill, the Hutchinson-Allen bill. There are other 
good bills out there, but they will get nowhere without hearings and 
without being brought to the floor of this House. We need to do our job 
this year on campaign finance reform.

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