Maxwell Frost: “Mr. Speaker, this rule proves once and for all that the Republican…”

On the recordMay 21, 1998

Mr. Speaker, this rule proves once and for all that the Republican majority has no real interest in actually pursuing real campaign finance reform. Under the guise of full and free debate, the Republican majority has brought to the House a process which could in all probability take up weeks of the time we have left in this session of Congress and in the end might produce nothing. Mr. Speaker, there are many points of view on this subject, but it does not serve the institution well, nor does it serve the American people well, to debate those views in a cynical process which is little more than a charade. The process the Republican majority has brought to the floor ensures that the House will not have the opportunity to have an up or down vote on either the bipartisan freshman proposal or the Shays-Meehan proposal.

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Maxwell Frost

Democratic · Florida

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Criticizing the Republican majority's approach to campaign finance reform during a House debate.

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Maxwell Frost: “Mr. Speaker, this rule proves once and for all that the Republican majority has no real interest in actually pursuing…”

Editor's note · Context