I can think of no foreign policy challenge to our country that is more serious and perhaps more pressing than the challe...
I hate raising money for campaigns. The only two people I know who enjoyed it both went to prison.
I do not understand why putting restrictions on the other side makes much sense.
The last thing the American people need is for this body to heap greater debt on the backs of our progeny for the sakes ...
I can't imagine anybody likes doing that. I can't imagine anybody wants to push this.
I don't see how we lose on that one.
When I used the term 'corrosive,' what I meant by that was the entire approach ends up being corrosive.
I think it gets more attention to the culture of your campaigns which we have kind of lost here in this arms race.
I am certain that many candidates would not be able to run for office without the public financing option.
I would like to see us implement a system very similar to what we are talking about in Maine.
If we had full public financing here, a voluntary system...would we be struggling this week to figure out how to put tog...
Our bill, you are right, does not address 527s.
But certainly the most important thing about this thinking is the flexibility...
I think that is the beauty of a hearing.
I think that is an important thing to know for our colleagues who represent very low-income communities.
This bipartisan effort is something States have already done, and now it has put the focus on Congress.
These are bills--and I know that the committee is aware of this--that other thoughtful Members like John Tierney and Dav...
I think, number one, 73 percent of Americans feel that Members of Congress are unnecessarily influenced by special inter...