From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:HES@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU  Thu Jun 17 15:51:04 1993
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1993 10:30-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
Subject: Statement on Campaign Finance Reform -- 6.16.93

                         The White House

                  Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                             June 16, 1993

          STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE END OF THE
               CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM FILIBUSTER
     
     I congratulate the Senators from both parties who voted to 
break the filibuster of campaign finance reform.  Today, the 
Senate showed it has heard the American people's demand for 
change.  I have long believed that we will not give the middle 
class the economic growth and health care reform it needs unless 
we also reform our political system.  Today's vote is a 
breakthrough in the fight to give the government back to the 
American people.

     The stage is now set for passage of campaign finance reform 
legislation that limits spending, curbs the special interests, 
and opens up the airwaves to greater competition.  Make no 
mistake; this legislation, while it necessarily contains 
compromises, will change Washington for the better.

     This must be only the first step in our effort to ensure 
that Washington works for the national interest, and not narrow 
interests.  I urge the Senate to pass this legislation tomorrow. 
I urge the House to act quickly on its own campaign finance 
reform bill.  And I urge the Congress to move forward on lobby 
disclosure legislation, that brings the activities of lobbyists 
into the sunlight of public scrutiny. 

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