[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E362-E363]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               FEC REFORM

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 21, 2000

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, today, with my fellow House Administration 
Committee Democrats, Chaka Fattah, and Jim Davis, I am introducing a 
new bill to accomplish FEC reform.
  Let me be clear--this bill is not and does not pretend to be campaign 
finance reform. Instead it is about making the Federal Election 
Commission more efficient, effective and responsive, and providing the 
agency with full funding so it can properly carry out its congressional 
mandate. It is about FEC reform.
  The bill consists of provisions sought by the bipartisan FEC 
Commissioners, including six legislative changes the Republican and 
Democratic Commissioners agreed were of the highest priority in a 
letter they sent to the President and the Congress earlier this month. 
This

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is a consensus measure that also incorporates many of the excellent 
ideas put forth by House Administration Committee Chairman Bill Thomas 
in his bill that was unanimously voted out of the House Administration 
Committee last summer.
  In a letter I sent to the Speaker last September, I urged him to take 
up and pass the similarly bipartisan measure then before the Congress. 
I urge him again to quickly take up this matter. This bill is an 
opportunity for us to work together to achieve a type of reform we all 
agree is both necessary and important, by providing the FEC with the 
tools and funding to do its job.

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