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Wayne Gilchrest: “Let me make this one last point, the question is should campaign ads escape finance laws simply because they are crafted…”

On the recordJune 19, 1998
Let me make this one last point, the question is should campaign ads escape finance laws simply because they are crafted to masquerade as something else? I do not think so. So I strongly urge my colleagues to vote for Shays-Meehan.
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Wayne Gilchrest
Maryland

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Discussing campaign finance laws and urging support for the Shays-Meehan bill.

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