[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            THE DISCLOSE ACT

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. When six Wall Street megabanks control two-thirds of the 
wealth of our Nation, it's too much economic power in too few hands. 
And when undisclosed billionaires spend billions on political campaigns 
and they crush the voices of ordinary citizens, it's too much political 
power in too few hands.
  America must put an end to the influence of secret money on our 
elections. The DISCLOSE Act of 2012 would shine the light on the secret 
money in political campaigns. But the Republican leadership won't bring 
it up, even though Americans, three-quarters of our voters, think that 
campaign finance reform is a key issue for the election, and 69 percent 
of the public believes that super PACs should be illegal. Yet House 
Republican leaders refuse to bring up the DISCLOSE Act.
  It's long past due that we put power back in the hands of ordinary 
citizens. In fact, let's rechannel the billions being wasted on 
campaign overkill to help our seniors afford food and to balance the 
national budget.

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