NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “To simply respond, it should come as no surprise my two friends in the well preceded those of us here in the Congress of…”

“To simply respond, it should come as no surprise my two friends in the well preceded those of us here in the Congress of the United States, and we realize for 40 years, and it eventually caught up with the left, the notion of saying one thing and doing another led to the change in this Chamber. And what was the first thing that was passed by a new common-sense conservative Congress on the first day of the 104th Congress? This notion: that Congress people should live under the laws every other American lives under. So it should come as no surprise that the tired, discredited architects of cynicism on the left would come to this Chamber and under the guise of openness seek to abridge the debate, the debate which should go on in the people's House. It is the ultimate irony, and though we will have the predictable cacophony of support from those allied in the left and the editorial rooms of the major eastern dailies, the American people, Mr. Speaker, will see that for what it is, a crass, cynical attempt to change the subject when again. And I think it bears repeating, if the American people desire a campaign finance reform, it comes in three simple words: Obey existing law.”