[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 10 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, after more than a year of 
stalling, the Republican leadership has finally agreed to schedule a 
vote on campaign finance reform this spring. I am thrilled about that. 
The question, though, is a vote on what? Will it be a vote on real 
reform, which includes a ban on unregulated soft money and more 
disclosure, like the American people want? Or will it be a vacant or 
destructive bill that is soft pedaled as reform?
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge you to do the right thing by 
bringing a bill that includes real reform to the floor for a vote. The 
American people will not settle for anything less.

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