Sam Farr: “Because the gentleman flies home every weekend on the taxpayers' money, he may be home on the taxpayers' money doing a…”

“Because the gentleman flies home every weekend on the taxpayers' money, he may be home on the taxpayers' money doing a political campaign event. That is his transportation to his district. So if the President goes to your district and does a political event, he is penalized; the payment for all of that is paid for by your amendment. But if you do it on the taxpayer's dime every weekend, you do not have to pay for it. So you are exempting Congress from this. It is a double standard again. It is again bashing the White House, because this bill is about Congressional campaign finance reform, and I do not know whether the gentleman is even intending to vote for the bill. I think these are dilatory amendments, I think you are exempting Congress, and I think it is wrong.”