Political Quotes

“I, too, rise in very strong support of the Shays-Meehan bill. This is a bill which under the scrutiny of the light of day through debate has grown in its support and has grown in its value to American citizens. It does so much to change our election laws in a positive sense. It deals with the most significant problems of the campaign system: the explosion of soft money and sham issue ads. Passage of the Shays-Meehan bill will take away the power and influence of special interests and begin the process of returning the power of electing public officials back to the American people. It will stop interest groups from blanketing districts with unfair and anonymous advertising days before elections by redefining issue advocacy laws. We need to remember that we went through something like 586 amendments in this process, and indeed we now have one of the finest pieces of legislation which we can pass this year. I encourage everyone, all Republicans and all Democrats in a bipartisan way, to support the Shays-Meehan bill.”