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Zoe Lofgren: “We have no additional speakers at this point. I would just note that--and I understand the gentleman's points one…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2019
We have no additional speakers at this point. I would just note that--and I understand the gentleman's points one through four. I completely agree. It is number five in your amendment that causes me concern about whether there is actually an undercutting of H.R. 1's disclosure requirements, and that is the concern we have and why I am so sorry that I cannot support the amendment. I do think that we have a disagreement over disclosure. I don't understand why, because the Supreme Court, including Justice Scalia, recommended that to us, and we never followed up with Justice Scalia's admonition that we should have disclosure as a remedy for concern over unlimited money. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California
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Mar 7, 2019

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