Political Quotes

“first of all, I commend our colleague from Minnesota for his typical eloquence. I, too, think he offered a very valuable amendment and one that, as he has explained, ran the risk of sinking the legislation, but that did not make the amendment any less worthy. For oftentimes, in a situation where a proposal makes all the sense in the world, for a variety of other reasons it may make it difficult to continue the process. But his point about treating some organizations differently than others is based on sound logic. I commend him for his efforts and his participation in the debate on this subject matter and for his longstanding commitment to the issue of campaign finance reform. Today is, in fact, one of those historic days. It may not look that way at this particular moment in the Chamber where every seat is not occupied, but we are coming down to the final hours of what has been a very lengthy, contentious, and highly charged debate, going back years in this country. It will come to a culmination, I am told, possibly as early as this afternoon. We will vote, finally, on a package dealing with campaign finance reform.”