Sam Farr: “I think the biggest tragedy that would be caused by a vote on the Republican bill, if that ever became law, is that I…”

“I think the biggest tragedy that would be caused by a vote on the Republican bill, if that ever became law, is that I think it would kill the very dream that people have when they come into this building that they or maybe a relative or son or daughter, and certainly as I talk to, I know you talk to all the school children that we meet with every week, and I would like to instill in them that there are ordinary people serving in Congress, and that they too, maybe not even knowing it at young school age or high school age or a young student in college, that they could someday serve in the United States Congress, because if they look around, that is what this Congress has been made up of. I think that the bill that is being debated in the Committee on Rules to be brought to the floor as the major bill, as the Republican leadership bill for campaign reform, would kill the opportunity for ordinary people to become Members of Congress. That would be the greatest tragedy we could ever perform on this institution that we are so proud of.”