[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CAMPAIGN LAWS BEING BROKEN

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, the President wants the Federal Government 
to set national standards for education. How well will it work? I think 
it will work at least as well as our campaign laws.
  Last year campaign laws, which are a form of national standards, were 
twisted, turned, and outright broken. In Kansas, according to the 
Wichita Eagle, the Democrat National Party violated the law by 
laundering some $315,000 through individuals and county parties.
  The first part of campaign reform is to obey the laws we have on the 
books today. The Democrat National Party apparently broke the laws by 
coming into our communities, while money laundering is not one of the 
values our communities like to uphold. Likewise, we do not need 
Washington to set our educational standards in the communities.

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  Kansas already has educational standards. Let us not degrade 
educational standards to the level of campaign laws.

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