On the recordApril 9, 1997
if my colleagues think the last campaign was too long, too costly and too negative, they ought to be mad. The AFL-CIO started negative political ads in Wichita, KS, last week, 19 months before the next election. Misleading false messages in the form of TV commercials are corrosive to our system of self government. Here in America, the people govern. But how can they make good decisions when the information they get on television is false and misleading. Most Americans believe that we ought to have time to govern, to represent the people, but when false campaign ads start 5 months after the last election, so does the next campaign. It is time for campaign reform, it is time for the AFL-CIO to be restricted to separate voluntary contributions, not the taking of dues without the consent of their Members.
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