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Edward Livingston: “I hear this call for campaign finance reform. We can pass all the laws in the world, but if some people are not going to…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 1997
I hear this call for campaign finance reform. We can pass all the laws in the world, but if some people are not going to live by the laws on the books, what point is it to change the law? Now, it was not the Republicans that invited people into the White House at $50,000 a pop for the Lincoln Bedroom. It was not Republicans who dealt with arms merchants, foreign agents, and narcotics dealers, and had their pictures taken for massive amounts of money. All of those things are against the law. It was not Republicans that made phone calls out of the White House, against the advice of the counsel to the White House. And yet they say they want to change the law. For what purpose? It is time they obeyed the law on the books.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Addressing campaign finance reform and criticizing the actions of the opposing party.

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