[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WE DO NOT NEED CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is impossible for me to 
believe the hypocrisy coming from the White House on campaign finance 
reform and the way we have been treated on this floor. We just wasted 
45 minutes.
  Just days after Attorney General Janet Reno started a 30-day 
investigation into Clinton and Gore's fund-raising practices, he has 
the audacity to threaten to call Congress back into session if we 
adjourn without at least debating campaign finance reform.
  I feel compelled to point out that we do not need campaign finance 
reform, we need elected officials who will follow the current law. If 
we enforce the laws, such as no foreign contributions, we would not 
need an independent counsel to tell us that President Clinton and Vice 
President Gore broke the law, plain and simple.
  Mr. Speaker, the President should be using that phone in the White 
House to do his job, not line his pockets.

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