This is not about free speech, and the American people know it.
It is a broken system based on a flawed premise that spending money on elections is the same thing as free speech.
What DISCLOSE is about is the basic core principle of the voters knowing where the money is coming from.
Comprehensive campaign finance reform is crucial to our democracy, but at the very least, we need to make sure that the ...
Thank you both very much, and we look forward to you sorting out this dysfunctional FEC.
I do not think we can truly fix this broken system until we undo that false premise.
I believe one important step is to have a functioning FEC where all six seats are filled with Commissioners in terms tha...
The Supreme Court laid the groundwork for this broken system in 1976 with Buckley v. Valeo.
The unfortunate thing about the Citizens United ruling, in my opinion, is that we have now... reached the point with tha...
I strongly urge both nominees to work diligently to restore the role of the Federal Election Commission as a fully funct...
Thank you very much, Chairman King, for holding this very, very important hearing on our democracy.
I think, first of all, I should say that as DCM in Guatemala from 2009 to 2011 I had the opportunity to work with many t...
I would, if confirmed, want to consult with both the Commissioner and with the President to make sure that all of the im...
We're going to be working, I know, to do what's right to maintain our nuclear posture, but also keep control of costs.
I think you and I violently agree.
I explained to him that, you know, these last flights home, it has been great to see the TSA debating whether we can mak...
It was in many conservative and rural parts of America that benefited from Government investment with rural electrificat...
I think last I'll just say, you know, one of the places that we could see a substantial amount of solar development woul...
