William M. Thomas: “I want to particularly complement the Chairman for the inclusion in this bill of three key and much needed reforms of…”

What can you do with a Commission that is created, and less than a month after it was created, the President offers his solutions and the Congress moves forward with their solutions?

I thought he said he wanted to make sure the rules were honored, and here clearly he violates the rules that he wants to use to stop us. That is an example of the kind of duplicity that goes on around here. You cannot have it both ways…

These reforms may not make headlines, but they are the most significant legislative changes in the operation of the FEC we have seen in 20 years.

Then the counter was 15. But the 15 years then was accompanied by language which made it an absolute necessity or it would not be approved. So it was not just the 15-year addition. It was additional language which limited the options and…