[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPORT 527 FAIRNESS ACT OF 2005

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of the 527 
Fairness Act of 2005. This is a bill that levels the playing field 
between political parties, PACs, Federal campaigns and 527s. The 527 
Fairness Act lifts up other players by injecting more freedom into the 
campaign system.
  The legislation is very simple. It removes the aggregate contribution 
limit. It allows State and local parties to spend non-Federal dollars 
for voter registration and sample ballots. What it does not do is it 
does not repeal the limits on individual contributions to national 
parties and committees. It does not allow soft money to go to national 
political parties.
  The answer, Mr. Speaker, to problems and politics in a free society 
is more freedom, not less freedom. So I commend my colleagues, the 
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence) and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. 
Wynn) for introducing this bipartisan vital piece of legislation. I 
urge my colleagues to support the 527 Fairness Act of 2005.

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