I think there is someone on the second panel who can probably answer that more exactly.
And I would just add, if I may, part of the design of this system is to address one of your concerns.
These are basically the same kind of system. They are voluntary systems.
I think you and others portrayed this accurately in the sense that we have gotten into an arms race here.
If you have two people under the volunteer system, they get a limited amount of money.
I urge the committee's support, and I am happy to answer your questions later.
Whether it was a senior citizen or a hardworking lobsterman, they could participate in my campaign.
More importantly, after I qualified for clean elections, I could spend the majority of my time talking to my constituent...
But again, you have to be--become a qualifying candidate. So you still have to find people to write you a $5 check.
We have gotten into an arms race here.
She has run under the system, she has recruited candidates under a public financing system.
Sometimes that is harder than you think.
I hope never runs against me in a primary.
She found people who would give her a $5 contribution to qualify her for running for office.
My experiences in Maine really brought me to understand how much this can change a legislative body and how much it can ...
There was a case where a Mexican citizen with a contagious form of resistant tuberculosis was able to cross the border.....
The thermal scanners are not perfect, that is certainly true, but they are a tool...
I really urge you to take a look at this. We need to be willing to use all the tools that we have.
