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John Chenoweth: most children have tried the tactic we are now seeing from the other side regarding the White House scandals and…

On the recordSeptember 16, 1997
most children have tried the tactic we are now seeing from the other side regarding the White House scandals and campaign finance reform. If you catch a child with his hands in the cookie jar, sometimes he tries to change the subject on that which they are doing, and if they cannot successfully change the subject, then they get angry. Most parents see right through what their child is trying to do to escape punishment for disobeying their parents. Fortunately, thank goodness, most Americans are able to see through the hypocrisy of Democrats who claim to want to ban soft money, the very same people who have raised illegal fund raising from foreign sources to an art form. Current law, I know that the other side is not very concerned about current law, especially last year, in last year's campaign, but current law does not require full disclosure. If it had during 1996, we would have known what the millions of dollars in soft money raised from foreign sources were that was actually returned because of their criminal behavior.
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John Chenoweth
Republican · Colorado

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Addressing campaign finance reform and alleged hypocrisy related to foreign fundraising.

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