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Kim Reynolds: I am never afraid to go home. I go home every single week to my district in western New York to talk to my voters and…

On the recordFebruary 12, 2002
I am never afraid to go home. I go home every single week to my district in western New York to talk to my voters and listen to what they have to say, as they send me to Washington. But the gentleman cannot have it both ways, to where we ban a little bit but we do not really have a level playing field and we just kind of set up the rules. That is why I am a cosponsor of Ney-Wynn, because it is pretty straightforward. It is pretty straightforward on reform. It is pretty straightforward on quick and accurate information on what is being raised and spent. And I listened to Andy Card, the Chief of Staff to the President, when he talked about the credentials that he looked for in a bill: a level playing field, banning soft money on both labor and corporations, paycheck protection and instantaneous reporting.
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Kim Reynolds
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing campaign finance reform and the Ney-Wynn proposal.

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