Political Quotes

“this is it. They said we never would get here, they said it could not be done, the anti-reformers, the pundits and the cynics, but here we are. We proved them all dead wrong. They all said there was no chance, no chance, that bipartisan campaign finance reform would pass the House. They said the public did not care. They said that Members would never vote to change a system that got them elected. They said Republicans and Democrats would never be able to work together on reform. In January 1997, when Shays-Meehan was introduced, they said it was dead on arrival. In February 1997, when the freshman task force was launched, they said it was futile. Last October, when McCain-Feingold was filibustered, they said campaign support was dead for this Congress. Last February, when the Senate reformers resurrected it, they filibustered it again. Then they said it was really, really dead for Congress. Last fall, when we introduced the Blue Dog discharge petition, they said it would not go anywhere. They said no Republican would ever sign it. They said that the petition would never, ever get 200 signatures. In March, when they used sham suspension votes to try to kill it, they said "Now campaign finance reform is really, really dead." In April, when the Blue Dog discharge petition was going to win, they finally promised a bill. Still they said "We will kill your bill with poison pill amendments." Still, Mr.…”