Jerry Moran: “I just finished hosting 66 town hall meetings across the 66 counties of the First District of Kansas during the August…”

“I just finished hosting 66 town hall meetings across the 66 counties of the First District of Kansas during the August recess; and my constituents, like the rest of the country, feel alienated from government and from politics. The conventional wisdom that the ordinary citizen no longer has a say in our government is growing and that their voices are drowned out by a sea of special interests and campaign contributors is prevalent. Unfortunately, their concerns are often justified. I rise this evening in support of the Campaign Integrity Act and want to thank the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) for his hard work in bringing this legislation before this session of Congress. I support this legislation because it represents real reform, it is constitutional, and it is our best chance in passing legislation this year to help restore public faith in our system of campaigns and elections. By banning so-called soft money at the Federal level this bill closes the biggest loophole in our current finance system.”