John Tierney: “campaign finance reform still is a critical issue confronting this House and needs to be addressed. The Committee on…”

“campaign finance reform still is a critical issue confronting this House and needs to be addressed. The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight had a particular opportunity to address this issue, to hold hearings, and to come up with some solutions and some facts that were a basis as to how we should proceed in that area. So far, however, due to lack of leadership in that committee, we have been unable to embark on that process. We have had instead a very partisan hearing process, a fiscally irresponsible process, one that is motivated by personal vindictiveness not only of persons on the majority but also of their staff. In fact, we have had a tremendous amount of incompetence in those proceedings that have cost the American taxpayers some $6 million. New committee leadership is needed to restore credibility to that committee and dignity and credibility to this House.”