[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   FIGURES ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, our Speaker, Speaker Gingrich, 
is fond of numbers. Here are new numbers on campaign finance reform.
  Zero. Never has the Republican majority brought campaign finance 
reforms to the floor of the House for a vote.
  Two. Twice in this past decade Democrats passed campaign finance 
reforms, only to see them vetoed by a Republican president.
  Twenty-eight. It has been 28 months since Speaker Gingrich and 
President Clinton shook hands promising campaign finance reform.
  Two hundred sixty-five. In the 1996 election cycle, both parties 
raised $265 million in soft money.
  Finally, 4:30. At 4:30 this afternoon, Newt Gingrich and the 
Republican Party will fly in private planes to New York to raise money 
for the party, insisting that we have no time for campaign finance 
reform.

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