I want to thank my cosponsors: Chellie Pingree, who is the former head of Common Cause in Maine and knows this issue bac...
Walter Jones, thought by many to be, as I believe, the conscience of the House of Representatives.
the system is corrosive. And it is that corrosion of the system that affects our democracy.
I think the panelists behind us, the architects of the concept in the bill, will be better able to explain...
It creates a level playing field. It allows for some support for the high cost of broadcast TV.
Again, as you look at this both in terms of the amount of money that you would be able to raise in a primary and then as...
Seventy-three percent of Americans believe that campaign contributions from the banking industry have played a major fac...
Would we be struggling this week to figure out how to put together a health-care bill?
It is completely unacceptable to the public on the outside. It allows for too much influence, whether we choose it or no...
What I meant by that was the entire approach ends up being corrosive. What is it corroding? It is corroding the democrac...
It is to create an opportunity for a person in a district that maybe doesn't have the contacts...
What it seeks to do, I think, is end the corrosive part of this process and then provide an opportunity to put the publi...
As the Speaker of the House, I am engaged in recruiting candidates to run for the legislature.
More importantly, after I qualified for clean elections, I could spend the majority of my time talking to my constituent...
I do not understand that contradiction.
The Fair Elections Now Act is voluntary and would provide qualified House candidates grants, matching funds, and voucher...
I hope that, if you are confirmed, you will not simply be there waiting for the Secretary to ask you for advice.
It is especially important, and I know the Secretary feels this, that we fill this position right away.
