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Mike Thompson: “I have heard that often. That was part of what we heard over the last several months. Everybody doesn't do it. Everybody…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 1998
I have heard that often. That was part of what we heard over the last several months. Everybody doesn't do it. Everybody doesn't do the things that we saw the Clinton-Gore campaign do last time. I think everybody doesn't do what their campaign did in terms of laundering foreign money into this campaign or using the White House and denigrating the White House. Everybody doesn't do that. Where there are clear law violations the laws ought to be enforced. That is another speech. If you get me started, it will be longer than the last speech.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Addressing campaign finance violations and enforcement of existing laws.

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