[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I am speaking from the other side of 
the aisle to reach out to our Republican friends. Many of them have 
been leaders in the effort to reform our campaign finance system. I 
applaud them for this. Today we need their courage more than ever.
  It now appears we will not be debating this issue until September, if 
at all. It is difficult to go against leadership. No one likes to do 
this. I do not, either. But some issues require us to take a stand, and 
this is one of those times.
  Today I am asking Members to stand for what they and I and the 
American people believe by signing the Blue Dog discharge petition. Let 
us bring campaign finance reform to the floor for a debate. We need to 
do it now.

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