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Darlene Hooley: “as a mom, my children used to love for me to read the Alice in Wonderland story. They used to ah and ooh and giggle as I…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 1998
as a mom, my children used to love for me to read the Alice in Wonderland story. They used to ah and ooh and giggle as I read it, because left meant right, up meant down, and nothing was what it seemed to be. While I participate in the campaign finance reform debate in the House I cannot help but think back to those days of reading that story to my children. They would have laughed and giggled because we have got reform proposals that do not reform anything and a lot of people screaming about a broken system, but unwilling to do anything to fix it. The trouble is, this is not Alice in Wonderland, so it is not funny. It is time to stop playing games and bring real and honest campaign finance reform to the floor for a vote.
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Darlene Hooley
Oregon
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Addressing the need for genuine campaign finance reform during a House debate.

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