    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [February 3, 1993]
    [Page 41]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    [[Page 41]]

    Exchange With Reporters Prior to Meeting With Democratic Congressional
    Leaders
    February 3, 1993

        Q. Mr. President, when do you want campaign's finance reforms to go
    into effect?
        The President. We're here to talk about what's going to be in the
    bill. I want to pass a bill early this year, as early as we can, and
    we're going to talk about that.
        There was a good bill last year--it had a lot of good features in
    it--which was vetoed by President Bush. And I guess we'll start talking
    about that and see where we go from there. But I hope we can get a good
    bill.
        In terms of when it goes into effect, and the last bill skipped an
    election cycle and was widely applauded by all the public interest
    groups as a great advance over where we are now. I think when it goes
    into effect is a subject of discussion here. But I want to pass a good
    bill. That's my concern.

    Note: The President spoke at 3:49 p.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White
    House.