[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 51 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   URGING MEMBERS TO SIGN THE DISCHARGE PETITION TO ALLOW DEBATE ON 
                        CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mr. DINGELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, there is a line forming down here in the 
well. Its purpose is to provide a discharge petition which will put on 
the Floor a fair proposal which will make it possible for this House to 
vote and to work its will on a piece of legislation to reform one of 
the great scandals in this country. I am talking about excessive 
expenditures in campaigns.
  It will for the first time in years make a meaningful reform in terms 
of how money is spent and how much money is spent. It is something 
which will attack a problem that has been corroding the confidence of 
the American people in their government.
  I urge all of my colleagues on both sides to join together in signing 
this discharge petition, putting on the Floor of the House a piece of 
legislation which will enable the people to return their confidence to 
their government, because we will be eliminating one of the great 
abuses, excessive expenditures of money on public elections, something 
which is corrupting the public business of this Nation.
  I commend the framers of the discharge petition, I join in signing 
it, and I urge all of my colleagues to do likewise.

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