mr. pascrell: first of all, mr. speaker, the courts will apply section 102 of the disclose act, labor unions as well as corporatioos. upons will be required to certify -- unions will be required to certify that they are in compliance of safeguards against phoner ownership and -- foreign ownership and control. we can, we must have those restrictions to keep foreign money out of our elections and we keep american elections decided by the american people. the disclose act is a good first step towards empowering the american citizens in our elections. i urge the house to approve this amendment and to strengthen this important piece of legislation. i want to commend mr. van hollen, mr. brady. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: all time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new jersey. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of thh chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 5 printed in part b of

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