George Miller: “our Speaker, Speaker Gingrich, is fond of numbers. Here are new numbers on campaign finance reform. Zero. Never has the…”

“our Speaker, Speaker Gingrich, is fond of numbers. Here are new numbers on campaign finance reform. Zero. Never has the Republican majority brought campaign finance reforms to the floor of the House for a vote. Two. Twice in this past decade Democrats passed campaign finance reforms, only to see them vetoed by a Republican president. Twenty-eight. It has been 28 months since Speaker Gingrich and President Clinton shook hands promising campaign finance reform. Two hundred sixty-five. In the 1996 election cycle, both parties raised $265 million in soft money. Finally, 4:30. At 4:30 this afternoon, Newt Gingrich and the Republican Party will fly in private planes to New York to raise money for the party, insisting that we have no time for campaign finance reform.”