Carl Levin said "There is no criminal prosecution under this substitute that the committee has adopted. It is an Ethics Committee enforcement, as our current rules are, unlike the Lautenberg-Wellstone bill originally which had Justice Department enforcement. The committee bill drops that and instead lodges it into the hands of the Ethics Committee which I do not think is going to unfairly pursue any Senator. I have enough confidence in the Ethics Committee to think they are fair indeed. But the main point of my friend from Texas, it seems to me, has to do with the question of legal expense funds and that is what I really want to comment on. The committee substitute, unlike the original bill that Senators Lautenberg and Wellstone introduced, permits contributions to a legal defense fund from anybody except registered lobbyists." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 5, 1994

There is no criminal prosecution under this substitute that the committee has adopted. It is an Ethics Committee enforcement, as our current rules are, unlike the Lautenberg-Wellstone bill originally which had Justice Department enforcement. The committee bill drops that and instead lodges it into the hands of the Ethics Committee which I do not think is going to unfairly pursue any Senator. I have enough confidence in the Ethics Committee to think they are fair indeed. But the main point of my friend from Texas, it seems to me, has to do with the question of legal expense funds and that is what I really want to comment on. The committee substitute, unlike the original bill that Senators Lautenberg and Wellstone introduced, permits contributions to a legal defense fund from anybody except registered lobbyists.

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Carl Levin

Democratic · Michigan

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing changes to the committee bill regarding prosecution and legal expense funds.

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