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T. Gorton: “Well, it does, but in that case, in that situation, it does not differ from the general philosophy of the present law…”

On the recordJune 24, 1996
Well, it does, but in that case, in that situation, it does not differ from the general philosophy of the present law either applied to races for Congress or to the Presidency. The thrust of my criticism was that 20 years ago, we went into this restriction of free speech rights with all of the same criticisms of the then system that we have now, that that law was going to restore confidence on the part of the American people in the system, and it is worse now and so their cure is more of the hair of the dog that bit you.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington
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Discussing the impact of campaign finance laws on free speech rights.

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