[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H3493-H3494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. KIND asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow we are going to start a debate about 
the biggest issue confronting this United States Congress, and that is 
campaign finance reform.
  There has been a lot of allegations about technology transfer to 
China in recent days and a lot of attention given to it, as it should. 
But the Speaker indicates that this is a national security issue and 
not a campaign finance reform issue. How wrong he is. This has 
everything to do with campaign finance reform.
  We have been promised over and over again by the leadership in this 
House to have an open and fair and honest debate on campaign finance 
reform. The American people get this. They understand there is too much 
money in the political system and too much influence of money in the 
political system.
  This body, in the coming days, will have the ability to start 
cleaning up the process and restoring some integrity to this democracy 
of ours. And I hope the American people hold us individuals accountable 
on where we stand

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on this. Do we stand for reform or do we stand for big money? I hope it 
is for reform.

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