[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7740]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IF THEY CANNOT OBEY CURRENT LAW, WHY WOULD THEY OBEY FUTURE LAW?

  (Mr. WALSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, listening to the other side get exercised 
about campaign finance reform would be hilarious if corruption of our 
political process were not such a serious matter. We can just see the 
White House now with their new slogan, ``We've got four more years so 
let's change the rules.'' Does the other side really think that the 
American people think it is OK to break the rules? Then carry on about 
how we need to change them? Does the other side really feel comfortable 
defending deliberate attempts to violate the law and then blame the 
existence of the law as the real problem? Does the other side really 
think the White House is above the law, that all the little people have 
to obey the law but they are exempt from having to do so?
  No matter how many times the other side wants to change the subject 
by talking about campaign finance reform the truth will finally come 
out. If they cannot obey the current law, what makes anybody think they 
will obey future law?

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