Greg Ganske: “This brings back to me vivid memories of 1995 and 1996. Let me give the gentleman an example. In 1995, President Clinton…”

“This brings back to me vivid memories of 1995 and 1996. Let me give the gentleman an example. In 1995, President Clinton started his White House soirees and fundraising and the Lincoln Bedroom and all of that and helped the Democratic National Committee raise $44 million, basically through soft money, donations, large donations that came from individuals, corporations, and labor unions and went to the Democratic Party. Now, that money is supposed to go for party building. What did it go for? It went for this. Here was an ad that was run against Senator Bob Dole, paid for by soft money. ``America's values, Head Start, student loans, toxic cleanup, extra police, protected in the budget agreement. The President stood firm. Dole-Gingrich's latest plan includes tax hikes on working families, up to 18 million children face health care cuts, Medicare slashed $67 billion. Then Dole resigns, leaving behind gridlock he and Gingrich created. The President's plan? Politics must wait. Balance the budget, reform welfare, protect our values.'' Now, that is a campaign ad. I have seen a lot of campaign ads, and that was run all during the summer of 1996 when Senator Dole did not have any money. And it was raised from soft money.”