I understand the sentiments behind the gentleman's words, but the point is that we are only relating this to people who are registered lobbyists, who in effect are the lawyers in the courtroom. They should not be able to take the judge to…

The bill is sitting on the podium right in front of the gentleman, if he wants to read it, and furthermore, I would say the bill has been out since the subcommittee reported it out last November. So if any Member has not read it, it is not…

Let me ask the gentleman a question. Maybe a rhetorical question will do some good. Does the gentleman think the rules ought to permit him to go and play golf and have a lobbyist, whose job it is to convince him to vote for his client and…

The plain fact is this. We have a bill on the floor today which is going to say that henceforth, a lobbyist whose only job is to come and influence us cannot pay for our greens fees. We ought to pay for them ourselves. He cannot buy us…

I would simply say this to the comments by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton] just a moment ago, and the others preceding him, that the fact of the matter is that campaign money goes into a campaign, and the money we are talking about…

But it arises out of the fact that today in the United States we have a set of lobbying statutes that do not work, do not require the disclosure of necessary information so that the public can know what is going on, does not tell those who…

Of course. Everything that applies to a lobbyist with regard to lobbying the House applies to lobbying the executive branch.

there was a statement made by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] that he interpreted that there was a reference to the House rules in here. At the request of the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich], who is the leader-elect on your…

If this bill doesn't pass today, that's exactly what's going to happen. We're going to be back out here voting----

But we have crafted a bill here which met the objections of all parties in this House, which was participated in by the Republican leadership and the Democratic leadership, and we are on the floor with it today because those guys decided…

This bill was handled just like the 1989 revision of the gift laws in a task force. It went through the subcommittee, was voted out unanimously. It was the subject of intense scrutiny----

The gentleman stopped reading too soon. If he kept reading he would specifically see that the statute already says that the specificity of information received and the credibility of the source are the key factors in her determination. So…