[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT HONESTY AND INTEGRITY FROM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

  (Mr. HILL of Montana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILL of Montana. Mr. Speaker, the book that I am holding up came 
from the Library of Congress, and it is entitled Honest Graft. It is 
written by Brooks Jackson, and it documents the influence-peddling and 
the soft money abuses of a former Member of Congress and the former 
head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Largely as a 
result of the events that were documented in this book, that former 
Member was compelled to resign his seat in the Congress.
  The significance of this today is that that discredited former 
Member, who literally invented the soft money scams and then worked to 
hide the truth from the American people, has been tapped for a new job 
and that new job is heading up the Vice President's campaign.
  To all of my colleagues who have argued on this floor that we need to 
reform campaign laws, particularly those on the Democratic side, I say, 
you need to join me in speaking out that the Vice President is making a 
huge mistake. This decision reflects poorly on his commitment to 
honesty and integrity, and the American people are crying out for 
honesty and integrity in the candidates for the next President of the 
United States.

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