[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 145 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM SHOULD BE DEBATED NOW

  (Mr. LUTHER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUTHER. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year we passed a balanced 
budget plan and a tax cut for the American people. We did it by working 
together. But today we are in danger of having that accomplishment 
marred by the refusal to clean up our political system.
  Mr. Speaker, today the target date for adjournment is less than three 
weeks away and the prospect for bringing this critical issue to the 
floor diminishes each day. Even the other body, with all of its 
outdated procedures, has managed a handful of votes. Here in the House 
we have not even been able to debate the issue.
  Mr. Speaker, that is wrong and that is why so many of us have lined 
up to sign this discharge petition to force debate on this issue. That 
includes many Democrats and a few Republicans signing that this 
morning.
  Mr. Speaker, let us debate this issue and let us debate it now.

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