Mike Thompson: “You are asking me to be pretty specific. Again, we are talking about categories of activities and situations that depend…”

“You are asking me to be pretty specific. Again, we are talking about categories of activities and situations that depend on the facts. I will say that the prelude to the specific areas that we are talking about now, foreign contributions, misuse of Government offices, et cetera, says that we should look into illegal or improper activities or practices in the 1996 campaigns, ``including but not limited to * * * .'' So I think the original scope kind of speaks for itself there. There is a further delineation, but it still has to be improper or illegal. You have to understand, now, I am just one member talking, as far as my own views are concerned on this. But I would assume that there would still be, for example, some soft money activity that would not either be illegal or improper. If the rules and regulations permit it, it was done in a correct way, there was no collusion involved, it was not done from a Federal building--which of course in and of itself is problematic, depending upon your legal interpretation. If someone gave a $20,000 soft money contribution, I am not prepared, today, to say that that is improper. These are the kinds of things that the committee will have to decide. I can assure you that we will have an opportunity for full discussion on any area the Senator brings up.”