On the recordJuly 30, 1997
this is fun. We have just agreed to the largest new budget proposal in generations, a balanced budget, tax cuts for everyone in America, and they want to change the subject to campaign finance reform. The fact of the matter is both sides do not do it, the only side accused of taking illegal foreign contributions are the Democrats. The fact of the matter is, when Bob Dole accepted $75 million of taxpayers' money to run the Presidential campaign, that is all he spent. It was the President that took $75 million and then spent $40 million more illegally. They are not arguing with that. They want to say the system is broken because everyone does it. That is not the evidence. That is not the evidence before the Thompson committee. But if I were in as deep a trouble as they are with respect to cheating on the current laws, I would want to change the laws too.
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