On the recordJune 17, 1998
Mr. Speaker, there are three words that would bring about genuine campaign finance reform. Mr. Speaker, those three words are these: Obey existing laws. I marvel at the cynicism of the punditocracy, to coin a new phrase in this town, so intent on changing the subject, so intent on saying, and I really hate to use this analogy, given my affection for cookies, but saying to those with their hands caught in the cookie jar, 'Oh, look over here, there's a broken glass elsewhere in the kitchen.' Or to say, in case of emergency, break the glass for the standard rhetoric that everybody does it. Mr. Speaker, nothing could be further from the truth, for everyone does not do it. Most of those who serve in this body attempt to adhere to existing law. But, as has been chronicled by my colleague from Colorado, what is very interesting, a very curious thing happened on the way to campaign finance reform a quarter of a century ago.
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