On the recordMay 4, 1994
But the goal of this substitute of the Governmental Affairs Committee is to toughen the gift rules for the Senate. That is the real issue here--so that we can try to gain some credibility for the Senate and for the Congress as a whole, some of which has been lost by the loose gift rules that we have now. Those rules allow unlimited meals to be paid for by lobbyists, allow trips to be paid for by lobbyists who are there on the scene, whose corporations have funded the trips. Sometimes half of the money of those trips does not go to a charity. It goes for the so-called expenses of the recreational event, be it a golfing event or a tennis event. That is the purpose of this; to try to change the way in which we do business in terms of lobbyists and their gifts. That is the purpose of the substitute. I am afraid that purpose is not achieved by the amendment before us.
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