[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DEMOCRATS ATTEMPTING TO CONFUSE AND DISORIENT PUBLIC ABOUT CAMPAIGN 
                             FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. RYUN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN. Madam Speaker, when I was a young boy growing up in the 
great State of Kansas, my friends used to play a game in which we would 
blindfold someone, spin them around until disoriented, and then hand 
them a paper tail with a thumbtack attached and point them toward a 
wall where a donkey was drawn. While blindfolded they were to pin the 
tail on the donkey.
  That game represents what the Democrats are doing to the public. They 
have attempted to confuse and disorient the general public on campaign 
finance reform. Madam Speaker, this must stop.
  The Democrats wrote the campaign finance rules when they were in the 
majority. The Democrats have now broken the rules while they are in the 
minority. Let us remove that mask and unblindfold the public.
  Before we consider fixing campaign finance reform, let us pin the 
tail of blame fully on the Democratic donkey, and find out what went 
wrong with the Democrats first before we change the system.

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