[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. TIERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIERNEY. Mr. Speaker, the moment of truth is upon us. It is 
showdown time today in the Rules Committee on campaign finance reform.
  Last November, the Speaker of this House promised the House a very 
fair bipartisan vote on campaign finance reform. The question is, will 
the Committee on Rules live up to that promise when it meets today?
  Certainly, Mr. Speaker, the deck against passing reform is stacked. 
The bill that the Republicans are putting forth today is in no way 
reform. It is in fact deform. We will not have a chance to vote on real 
reform nor will we have a chance to vote on anything but a half-baked 
concoction of campaign finance deforms that are going to be offered to 
us in a so-called Thomas bill.
  Just this week the chairman of the Rules Committee indicated that he 
wants to allow a vote on a substantive campaign finance bill in 
addition to the Thomas bill. I urge the Speaker, I urge the Rules 
Committee, to fulfill the promises that have been made last fall. Give 
us a fair bipartisan vote on campaign finance reform.

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