George Miller: “after 15 months, after 15 months and campaign scandals across this country, the best the Republican leadership can come…”

“after 15 months, after 15 months and campaign scandals across this country, the best the Republican leadership can come up with is to give Members in the House of Representatives 20 minutes of debate on handpicked, hand-selected pieces of the campaign finance reform issue. It is an insult to the American people, it is an insult to the membership of this House, it is an insult to the constituents that we represent, because we tell them that we can come here and debate the great issues that confront this country, but Newt Gingrich and the Republicans have decided they cannot stand an open debate on campaign finance reform. They cannot stand a little bit of sunshine on an issue that plagues our democratic institutions, scandals that are across this country, scandals that beset every officeholder in this country, but we cannot debate it in front of the American people. While Members are away at a funeral, they are going to debate it and then vote later that night. It is an insult. It is no wonder, 20 minutes after 15 months, 20 minutes. That is the best that Speaker Gingrich can come up with. What a fraud, what a deception. No wonder we are adjourning on April Fools Day. No wonder we are adjourning, because the fools are going home without doing campaign finance reform.”