It may be one of the reasons that our collective approval rating around here is below al Qaeda.

there has been very little focus on the damage that Edwin (sic) Snowden has done to our military.

And obviously that puts us at greater risk of an attack.

it has caused grave damage to our national security. And you would agree that it puts at risk potentially the lives of our troops.

I am in favor of these ads.

But if you have full disclosure, the citizens can make that decision.

It is worse than I thought.

The Senate should hold public hearings on the dysfunctional Federal Election Commission.

The ability to be heard is different than the ability to drown out every other point of view using modern technology simply because you have a lot more money than somebody else who has an equally valid view.

I want to thank my colleagues for participating and joining us in this hearing, sharing their thoughts and comments on this important topic.

He believes that members of Congress should have to wear jackets like NASCAR drivers with their sponsors on the jacket.

I do not think there is much question, and polls support this, that this whole money and politics is part of what is turning off the American people to the process.

That is not what America is all about.

I agree very much with Justice Hugo Black who famously said, with regard to the First Amendment, the words Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech means exactly what it says.

I think we are insulting the Byzantines, frankly, by likening this to their conduct.

I am delighted that there will be a vote on Senator Udall's constitutional amendment.

We have to bring some balance to our political system. If people lose faith in this system, which they are rapidly doing, in large part, because they feel, correctly, that people with a lot of money have far more say in the actual political dialogue than they do, this great democracy could falter.

Our democratic process is broken and corrupt right now because politicians in both parties hold onto incumbency.