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Andrea Joy Campbell: “Let me understand the gentleman. He does not believe the citizens of this country have the right to know who pays for an…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1998
Let me understand the gentleman. He does not believe the citizens of this country have the right to know who pays for an advertisement in a campaign of that nature? ... I do not know why we would want to get at them. Why does the gentleman want to get at them?
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Debating the right to know funding sources for campaign advertisements.

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