[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 145 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN SUPPORT OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, over 200 years ago John Hancock and dozens 
of other patriots signed the Declaration of Independence to proclaim 
their independence from England.
  Well, today, Mr. Speaker, my colleagues from both sides of the aisle 
and I are putting our John Hancock on a discharge petition on campaign 
finance reform. We are doing this to declare this Government's 
independence from big money and special interests. Just as King George 
refused the American Colonies the representation they deserve, so has 
the Republican leadership continued to refuse the American people the 
debate on campaign finance reform that they want and that they deserve. 
The colonists declared no taxation without representation. It is time 
for us to say, no adjournment without a debate on campaign finance 
reform.

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