[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, for the last several weeks we have been 
treated to a daily passionate call for campaign finance reform from our 
friends on the other side.
  To those in the audience who listen to these debates and are actually 
persuaded by the seriousness of this litany, I suggest they ask a few 
questions to those people who make a daily practice of delivering these 
impassioned speeches.
  Ask them if accepting campaign contributions from foreign governments 
should be illegal. If so, why are they silent on the subject, and who 
do they perceive to be the ones violating this on a routine basis?
  Should laundering money from foreign sources to conceal its origin be 
illegal? If so, ask them who they see as being responsible for this 
practice.
  Should shredding evidence to conceal criminal activity be illegal? If 
so, who do they see as being responsible for this practice?
  Should raising money in Buddhist temples be illegal? Should 
fundraising on Federal property be illegal? If so, why are they so 
strangely silent on these real practices?
  Listen closely to what these members are not saying, rather than what 
they are saying, and get a great education as to where they really 
stand on campaign finance reform.

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