Nothing that they have investigated was brought for campaign finance reform. This has nothing to do with the investigation. They have not limited foreign corporations from contributing to campaigns. It has cost this House $5 million so far. What this bill says is that 1-day-old babies can participate in contributing to campaigns through their parents, but if someone is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner, if they won the Gold Medal in the Olympics, if they won the Nobel prize and they happened to be born somewhere else, they cannot contribute a dime, not even if they are a military retiree. Mr. Speaker, this is a sham. This bill does nothing to reform campaigns, and the investigation that they spent $5 million on is not even seen in this bill. This is outrageous.
Sam Farr: “Nothing that they have investigated was brought for campaign finance reform. This has nothing to do with the…”
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Addressing campaign finance reform and criticizing a related bill during a House floor debate.
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