If this Congress, if this Congress spends months investigating potential campaign finance abuses, almost all of which are traceable to the amount and influence of soft money and then fails to act, we will all be embarrassed. I know that is why you are here, Ron, and it is why I am here. We do not want to be embarrassed. We want to legislate, not just investigate.
Rick Allen: “If this Congress, if this Congress spends months investigating potential campaign finance abuses, almost all of which…”
On the recordJuly 29, 1997
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Discussing the need for action on campaign finance reform.
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