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John Mica: In fact, I thought it was a terrible bill. I thought the Republicans had a terrible proposal and the Democrats had a…

On the recordApril 16, 1997
In fact, I thought it was a terrible bill. I thought the Republicans had a terrible proposal and the Democrats had a terrible proposal, but it was debated, it was heard fairly and squarely. What did the Republicans do? They passed a gift ban. In fact, we passed a pretty awesome gift ban. What else did we do? We talked about lobby reform that was long overdue. We not only talked about it, we passed legislation here on the floor.
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John Mica
Republican · Florida

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Discussing campaign finance reform and legislative actions taken during his time in Congress.

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