Rick Allen: “The point the gentleman makes is actually the right point, because nothing that happened in that election broke existing…”

“The point the gentleman makes is actually the right point, because nothing that happened in that election broke existing law. The fact is that the gentleman would like to change the law as with respect to labor dues. So he would seek to change existing law. But the fact is, what we are here about today is to try to deal with the influence of money in politics. That does not mean that there is some level that is so big that we have to deal with it. What happens with bubble gum, what happens with yogurt is irrelevant. What we are talking about and what the reformers are saying is this, we need to break the link between Federal candidates, Federal office holders, national parties, agents of the national parties, and giant contributions.”