Jack Kingston: “I have concerns. I support the Thomas bill and not the Farr bill. I have concerns that the Farr bill does not address…”

“I have concerns. I support the Thomas bill and not the Farr bill. I have concerns that the Farr bill does not address this worker right to know issue. The people, the rank and file dues-paying union members who are concerned about the second amendment, they want to keep their guns. They are concerned about the issue of abortion or balancing the budget and so forth. They do not know where their money is going. They are told that their PAC is bipartisan. Let me talk to you about bipartisan PAC's. Here is the actual campaign dollars spent in 1994 by certain PAC's. AFL-CIO, $804,000; 99.15 percent going to Democrats. The American Trial Lawyers Association, $1,759,000; 95 percent of it going to Democrats. The Longshoremen, $300,000; 96 percent going to Democrats. Here is one, Mr. Chairman, my colleagues will really like, the rank and file workers are told that the Democrat Republican Independent Voter Education Committee is a bipartisan PAC, but $2,131,000 was spent on Democrats or 97 percent of their total budget. They should change the name and just call this the Democrat status quo PAC. The NEA, the National Education Association, $1,968,000; 99 percent of it going to Democrats.”