Political Quotes

“If my colleagues are for reform, if they want to try to start down the path to restore confidence in our system, where the public will believe that special interest dollars are not going to have more influence but less influence on what we do in this body, if my colleagues want to move down that path, then they have to put some of their own personal views aside. There is only one opportunity in this Congress to get it done and that is to vote against the Ney substitute, to vote for the Shays-Meehan bill and McCain-Feingold. That is going to be the only opportunity we are going to have. So, yes, each of us could try to craft a bill that we think is best, or we could try to understand the explanation of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney) as to why he is offering his amendment, which I have a hard time following; or we can vote for the only bill that is going to have a chance of being signed that will reduce special interest dollars, soft money, that will close loopholes in the law. I urge my colleagues to reject Ney and support the Shays-Meehan bill.”