Sean Patrick Maloney: “exactly 1 month ago today, I publicly congratulated Speaker Gingrich for his historic New Hampshire handshake with…”

“exactly 1 month ago today, I publicly congratulated Speaker Gingrich for his historic New Hampshire handshake with President Clinton. The Speaker agreed to establish a nonpartisan commission that would write campaign and political reform legislation. I urged the Speaker to use the independent commission bill I introduced in March with Marty Meehan, Tim Johnson, and others as a starting point. I sincerely hope that as Washington's summer weather has heated up, the Speaker's passion for reform has not cooled down. Because, while the Speaker extended his hand to the President, the Republican National Committee is using both hands to grab huge chunks of special interest campaign cash. It is incredible that the Republican majority deleted new meat inspection rules at the behest of large companies. Republicans are catering to special interests at the expense of the public interest.”