John Sarbanes actually said...

"We need to try to address that and break those dependencies."

"One of the reasons it is difficult to do that is because these industries have a lot of influence on how policy gets made."

"I think many of our constituents would say that, too often, Congress is leaning in the direction of the big money and the special interests and away from the interests of the broad public."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the panel for your testimony. Very important pieces of legislation that we are discussing today. All have earned bipartisan support for obvious reasons, given ..."