Political Quotes

“First of all, we sure do need political campaign finance reform. I could not agree with the Senator more. One of the glaring omissions from the Gingrich contract, it seems to me, is that there is no reference to campaign finance reform and how money is raised. I sure hope we address it. It is a glaring omission from any contract of reform. Second, last year during the debate on this bill, the Senator from Alaska moved to strike the prohibition on reimbursement for recreational travel and made the same points that were made here. The Senate rejected the deletion of that prohibition by a vote of 58 to 37. Is it inconsistent, then, to permit travel to political events? Some think it is, perhaps; some think it is not. Political events are closer to our duties in that they are not recreational; they are different. On the other hand, for those who think there is no distinction, for those who think there is an inconsistency, they had an opportunity to strike travel reimbursement to political events. No Senator, including the Senator from Alaska, offered an amendment to strike travel reimbursement to political events.”