[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]




                        CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, a meaningful reform of the way Federal 
campaigns are conducted has been obstructed by one Republican roadblock 
after another.
  Yesterday, half of the route was cleared. It did take a letter from 
the President saying he would convene a special session to deal with 
this issue if necessary. It took the leadership of the minority leader 
to say that no committees would meet. And yet, the reform is proceeding 
in half this Capitol building in Washington. Outside the people's 
House, there is a giant ``yield right of way sign.'' It says ``yield 
right of way to the arrogance of a Republican leadership that will not 
schedule 1 minute of debate on this issue.'' It is a giant ``yield 
right of way sign'' to the special interests who keep dumping in more 
and more soft money to soften up this Republican leadership.
  Well, today we are escalating the action for reform and demanding 
that this issue be considered not only in the Senate, but here in the 
House, so that there can be genuine bipartisan reform to address this 
arrogance.

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