Robert Livingston

I think the gentleman should explain that to the 30,000 United States troops in Korea or the 500 in Macedonia alone, a very small portion of the people.

First of all, the 10 percent does not mean anything. Who is a lobbyist? What is a lobbyist? Is the gentleman telling me that a corporate executive who devotes all of his time to the affairs of the company and takes you out to a golf game…

If we are worried about disclosure, we should not accept the gift, we should not go to the dinner, we should not go to the golf game. Disclosure is the best reform, and this is a half-hearted attempt at reform.

I would suggest that that phrase is riddled with loopholes. I wish I had known that Common Cause was going to come out against this bill. I agree with them.