[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 150 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               STILL NO DEBATE ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM

  (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, here we are today, with only a week or two 
left before the scheduled planned adjournment of the House, and still 
no debate has occurred on cleaning up our campaign finance system in 
this country.
  One of the big arguments used around here to have business as usual 
and to do nothing is that people do not care, it is not being demanded 
by the American people. Well, let us get it straight. The American 
people hired us to come to Washington to figure out what is wrong with 
the system and to fix it. Nearly everyone knows that the campaign 
finance system is broken and needs to be repaired, that it needs to be 
cleaned up.
  So let us do our job. Let us do the job we were hired to do by the 
American people. Let us debate this issue. Let us pass a tough, 
comprehensive campaign finance reform bill. Mr. Speaker, we must not 
adjourn this Congress until we have done our job.

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