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Lynn C. Woolsey: “when are we going to address campaign finance reform? When are we going to talk about the way campaign finance works?…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1998
when are we going to address campaign finance reform? When are we going to talk about the way campaign finance works? Particularly when are we going to talk seriously about taking soft money out of campaigning? Soft money disenfranchises the average person. The reason we do not have 80, 90 percent voter turnout is that the people of this country, particularly the young people, believe that they have not invested money in our campaigns, therefore, they do not think they should come to the polls. They do not have a voice. That is wrong, Mr. Speaker. We have to address campaign finance reform, we have to do away with soft money, and we have to get everybody in this country that is eligible to vote.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Addressing the need for campaign finance reform and the impact of soft money on voter turnout.

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