[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]
STONEWALLING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
(Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, my goodness. Thank God the liberals
have never raised money in New York City. You know, it is interesting,
the last speaker shows us the nature of the Democrat's complaints in
the past. Here we have somebody complaining about us adjourning at 4
o'clock, when he voted at 10 o'clock to adjourn. I do not understand
it. Do you like 10 o'clock better than 4 o'clock?
By gosh, this is the same Democratic Party that complains about
campaign finance reform, and complains about not being able to trace
soft money, when the same people that come here get over $500,000 from
unions that we could not trace for 6 months. We finally traced it. They
are getting more money that you cannot trace than I got in my entire
TWO campaigns, and yet they are saying we must do something to trace
soft money.
Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely ridiculous. That is why the New York
Times this past weekend attacked the DNC for stone-walling campaign
finance reform. They attacked the DNC for not doing enough to really
clear this up. Stop changing the subject.
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