I think we've gone too far here, I think, in violating House rules, in violating basic concepts of fairness.
What we're asking here today is for that to be taken away from the Federal Government.
Today, all individual contributors or aggregate contributors in excess of $200 have to be disclosed.
campaign finance laws have existed for more than a century.
requiring people to stand up in public for their political acts fosters civic courage without which democracy is doomed.
most recently in 2002 Congress passed the bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act.
the Tillman Act prohibited contributions by corporations to political parties for the first time.
While nationwide it is viewed as a crisis when unemployment nears 9 or 10 percent, at Standing Rock we have long-term unemployment, year aft...
I would like to thank Senator Tim Johnson for his leadership in bringing this hearing to South Dakota.
This is a serious problem, as a large number of our people live with 10 or 12 persons in a home that was sized to accommodate only 3 or 4.
Poverty on our reservation remains widespread, with 4 in every 10 homes on the reservation earning less than 30 percent of Median Family inc...