[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11573]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              DISCLOSE ACT

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Madam Speaker, it's clear that my Republican colleagues 
cherish the many tax loopholes that funnel billions to oil companies, 
outsourcers, and operators bent on repealing Wall Street reform. That's 
why they've killed the DISCLOSE Act, which would close loopholes used 
by special interests to secretly spend unlimited sums of corporate cash 
in our elections.
  As terrible as Citizens United was, it did not include a right to buy 
elections anonymously. No, it is the Republican Congress that protects 
the identities of those writing these multimillion-dollar checks. They 
want a battle of bank accounts, Madam Speaker, because they know that 
they can't win a battle of ideas. They can't run on deregulating Wall 
Street when America's financial security is still at risk. They can't 
run on cutting taxes for billionaires when they block every effort to 
create middle class jobs. And they can't run on cut, cap, and balance 
when the only thing that they cut is our seniors' health care.
  If my Republican colleagues believe they are worthy of competing in 
the great battle of ideas that is our democracy, they should put their 
mouths where their money is and pass the DISCLOSE Act.

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