Political Quotes

“I believe that this is a mostly honest system. I believe that there are those people that cannot resist money in return for influence, but I have not seen many colleagues on this floor that are in that position, and I believe most of our Members work throughout the system in an honest way. And so I think it is important to tell the people, the American people around this country, that while, yes, individuals, corporations and labor unions contribute money because they care about elections, that most Members on this floor can cite many instances when they have turned to those people that are contributors and said, in this case, I cannot support you, I do not agree, even though they contributed, because they believed in most instances they shared a common perspective of public policy. Most all of us have, on plenty of occasions, looked almost every one of our contributors in the eye and said, not on this occasion, I cannot agree with you. I was asked why I believe nonseverability is so important, and this is why. I believe almost without a doubt that the courts are going to strike down the provisions related to independent expenditures.”