David Minge: “This legislation that is considered in the House of Representatives on September 14, 1999, in my opinion is the most…”

“This legislation that is considered in the House of Representatives on September 14, 1999, in my opinion is the most important legislation that we take up in this session. It goes to the heart of the political process in America, the integrity of our electoral process. All of us know the level of cynicism that exists in our communities regarding politics in America. I believe that all of us have a commitment to try to clean this up. Unfortunately, strong differences of opinion have frustrated these efforts over the last 10 years. Numerous bills have come up. They have been subject to filibusters, to vetoes, to deadlocks, and the inability that we have had between Congress and the White House to agree on how to proceed. This fall we have an opportunity to agree. We have an opportunity to pass legislation in the House, the Senate, send it to the White House for signature. We cannot let amendments like the one that is under consideration undermine this effort.”