Dale Bumpers: “I am immensely complimented by the kind words of the Senator from Kentucky and certainly welcome his support. I thought…”

“I am immensely complimented by the kind words of the Senator from Kentucky and certainly welcome his support. I thought his presentation yesterday afternoon was right on target. It is not that anybody in the Senate wants to quarrel with tightening the ethics rules. That is not the debate. The debate is how do you do it without ensnarling people, innocent people, possibly ruining their careers, through sheer inadvertence. I am a trial lawyer. It can happen. I have seen it happen so many times. Now, having said that, I am ready to vote any minute here, but I would like to say, if I could have the attention of the distinguished Senator from Michigan, the distinguished Senator from Michigan knows that my wife is an activist. She is an activist for peace and she is an activist for immunizing children. Peace Links is an organization she founded back during the height of the cold war. I thought she was going to get me beat with that, but it turned out it was a very popular thing and everybody thought it was a great idea. But one of the ways they raise money is just like the political committees. Every December, Peace Links has a big gala. Every year they shop for a corporate sponsor to pick up the tab for their galas, and then they sell tickets, I do not know, for $250 apiece. But those galas have been immensely successful.”