[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 124 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H7925-H7926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WILL FUND NO CANDIDATE WHO INITIATES 
                     PERSONAL ATTACKS ON OPPONENTS

  (Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, this morning I am joining with my colleague, 
the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. John Linder), the chairman of the 
Republican Campaign Committee. I serve as chairman of the Democratic 
Campaign Committee. We are announcing a policy of the two committees.
  The level of public discourse in this country right now cannot 
continue at the depth that it has fallen to. While we cannot control 
what goes on outside this Chamber, the Democratic Congressional 
Campaign Committee and our Republican counterpart will not fund

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any Democratic candidate who initiates an attack on the personal 
private life of an opponent in the coming election. The Democratic 
Congressional Campaign Committee will fire any employee who initiates 
an attack on the personal private life of an opponent in this election.

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