[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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             ENFORCE EXISTING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM LAWS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, we have been hearing a lot lately about 
campaign finance reform. However, some of


those pushing for new laws fail to mention the fact that our existing 
laws have been broken.
  It is against the law to use foreign money in election campaigns in 
America. It is against the law to launder money in election campaigns. 
It is against the law to sell access to your office or influence or 
even seats on a foreign trade mission to highest bidders. It is against 
the law to use public offices, telephones, equipment, staff, computers 
in election campaigns.
  We have heard about ``no controlling legal authority.'' The Attorney 
General not only fails to enforce our existing laws on campaign finance 
reform, but the Attorney General blocks efforts to investigate existing 
laws.
  We should have full disclosure, but we should also have our existing 
laws enforced. It is a scam on the American people to pass new laws on 
finance reform, while not enforcing existing laws.

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