Political Quotes

“there have been a lot of headlines in the last several weeks of embarrassment to both political parties. There have been a lot of questions asked about the system by which we raise funds at all levels. Questions were raised about the use of a telephone by the Vice President, and I do not know, frankly, what was legal and what was proper in that situation, but we all know that at least two Members of this body have acknowledged that they used their office telephones in campaigns gone by to raise money. They said they will never do it again, as the Vice President has said. But it raises a bipartisan challenge to us in limiting campaign fundraising activities in any public building. There was a question raised as to whether or not an employee at the White House was handed a check for the Democratic National Committee which she then turned over to the committee, and whether that was legal or proper. We know 2 years ago a Republican Congressman on the floor of the House walked around handing out campaign checks from tobacco companies to their favorite candidates, and that, of course, raises a bipartisan question about the propriety of receiving or distributing campaign checks in a public building, on the floor of the House or the Senate. These are all legitimate and bipartisan questions.”