Political Quotes

“Those who love and know the Senator knows he never fails to be instructive in his uniquely witty way. The Senator from Kentucky said one major reason he was not running again was because he did not want to spend the next 2 years raising $100,000 a week. Those were his words, $100,000 a week to raise the necessary dollars to run for reelection in Kentucky. With that statement, Mr. President, the Senator from Kentucky captured, I think, with crystal clarity, the essence of this debate over campaign finance reform. I think most of us would agree there is just too much money in our political system, and it takes far too much money for the average American to be a part of the political system. So I rise this afternoon to speak about campaign finance reform and what I believe we must do to fix our campaign finance system.”