[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




MAJORITY LEADER ANNOUNCES CONSIDERATION SOMETIME THIS YEAR OF CAMPAIGN 
                             FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Madam Speaker, the House of Representatives 
must be allowed to debate and vote on substantive bipartisan campaign 
finance reform. The question is, will the Republican leadership allow 
this to happen?
  The press is reporting today that the gentleman from Texas [Mr. 
Armey], majority leader, has said that there will be consideration 
sometime this year. I am encouraged by these comments. The time has 
come now for the majority leader and the minority leader to sit down 
and work out the terms of these debates, just as the majority leader 
and the minority leader in the Senate sat down and discussed how debate 
will be conducted later this year.
  When that is done, the House can go back to business as usual and the 
country can receive the debate that it is entitled to. I encourage the 
majority leader to sit down with the minority leader and work out the 
terms of a bipartisan debate and legislation on campaign finance 
reform.

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