Victor Fazio: “I think the bipartisan agreement on this amendment, which has been made between both sides, is an important step toward…”

“I think the bipartisan agreement on this amendment, which has been made between both sides, is an important step toward improving an already excellent bill. I only wish that many of the people on the majority side of this aisle had taken upon themselves the responsibility to promote the enactment of the Shays-Meehan bill, because it fundamentally improves campaign finance reform and law, and we need to pass it. Many of those who have been advocating this amendment, of course, see it as a poison pill and do not intend to support the underlying law that it amends. But I think it is also important to point out that there has been no evidence at this point in any of the proceedings that have been held in this city that this administration in any sense knowingly and willfully participated in the receipt of funds from foreign sources. In fact, I think if you look closely at the record, you will find that the DNC has gone a long way to exhaustively investigate those who have donated to it and has implemented a series of new vetting procedures for donors and guests so that none of these kinds of mistakes could be made again in the future. Those are already in place. If we really look at the Republican Party's conduct in this same area, we will find just as much opportunity to improve procedures and to improve their party's approach to the receipt of funds that were ultimately determined to have come from foreign sources.”