"I am impressed by the provisions in H.R. 1 that deal with voter registration modernization, automatic voter registration, same-day registration, and so on."
"But your group is interested in free speech, right? I am not asking you an unfair question here."
"I was quite amazed that when we first took this up in the Judiciary Committee there were people defending gerrymandering..."
"Well, whose free speech rights do you think are at stake when Exxon Mobil spends money? Is it the CEO or is it the shareholders whose free speech interests count?"
"when the Supreme Court in 2010 opened the floodgates on corporate treasury money going into politics, it created a problem of a completely different dimension and scale."
"Do you favor disclosure to the shareholders of all political contributions by the CEOs of the company?"
"I mean, I think that is the heart of the problem that Mr. Earle has identified."
"I think the Supreme Court has foreclosed it both as to contributions and expenditures."
"I understand that Citizens United has created some very difficult, seemingly intractable problems in the electoral process."
"Thanks for joining us, Andrea, and that you stand for hundreds of people here today who have lost family Members and friends and hundreds of thousand across the country who are begging us to do someth..."
"They said they were going to drain the swamp, Mr. Chairman. They moved into the swamp."