[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, when are we going to address campaign 
finance reform? When are we going to talk about the way campaign 
finance works? Particularly when are we going to talk seriously about 
taking soft money out of campaigning?
  Soft money disenfranchises the average person. The reason we do not 
have 80, 90 percent voter turnout is that the people of this country, 
particularly the young people, believe that they have not invested 
money in our campaigns, therefore, they do not think they should come 
to the polls. They do not have a voice.
  That is wrong, Mr. Speaker. We have to address campaign finance 
reform, we have to do away with soft money, and we have to get 
everybody in this country that is eligible to vote.

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