[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              THE TIME IS NOW FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, the Senate has now agreed to a 
date for a full and fair and open debate on campaign finance reform 
next March. The American public wants this done, and I believe the 
majority of Members of the House want this done.
  The time has come now for the Republican leadership to agree to set a 
date for that debate. That debate must be open, it must be fair, it 
must allow for the consideration of the competing bills for reforming 
our campaign finance reform system. There is a rule that is at this 
desk, or a discharge petition to create a rule that would allow that 
debate on those competing items for reform.
  The time has come for the Republican leadership to get out of the 
way, let the Congress have that debate, let the public watch that 
debate, because they are hungry for campaign finance reform.
  We have spent a year listening to and discovering scandals on both 
sides of the aisle on the misuse of campaign money, on the overwhelming 
onslaught of soft money in our system. The time has come to reform it. 
Mr. Speaker, do it now. Give us a date before we leave town.

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