Sam Farr: “I want to engage with the gentleman in this discussion because, obviously, the gentleman saw yesterday that the…”

“I want to engage with the gentleman in this discussion because, obviously, the gentleman saw yesterday that the Republican leadership in the Senate broke things, and the U.S. public is asking for a campaign reform fix. We have legislation here before us. In fact, the legislation before this House does not require that the Senate has to fix their side, we can fix just this side. I have H.R. 600, which has more cosponsors than any other bill in Congress. It is the bill that historically has passed this House under Democratic leadership. It is the bill that received the most votes when this issue came up before the 104th Congress. It is a bill that totally reforms campaign expenditures, campaign collections, the whole gamut from A to Z, and it is a substantive bill. The issue here is that we are the legislative branch of government. We are here to fix things that are broken. This is not just about hearing and smearing, it is about acting and doing. We need to have on this floor a vote on campaign finance reform.”