Political Quotes

“I notice we are now debating on the set-aside the whole issue of campaign finance reform, and there is this hue and cry that we really ought to be revising our campaign laws because, clearly, this episode demonstrates that we need to rewrite the law. And yet, as the gentleman shows there, rule No. 1, follow the current law, it kind of makes me wonder what is the point of rewriting the law so that we have a new law if they did not follow the old law. Why do we think they will follow the new law? It is kind of amazing. I know the gentleman talked about legal authorities. I am an attorney, and I was proud to make my living in that field before coming here, but in that regard, and just to touch on follow the law, let us talk about Al Gore's favorite phrase: The controlling legal authority. And guess what? There is some in this area. As a matter of fact, there are a number of statutes that touch on these practices quite directly. For example, 18 United States Code section 201 outlaws bribery in this country.…”