Political Quotes

“This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, we have had a debate here today on this larger issue of accountability to the American people when it comes to our politics, the way we govern, and the huge amounts of secret money that are pouring into our politics in a way that has left the average American feeling cynical and disconnected from their democracy. If anything, what Americans want to see is not less information and less accountability when it comes to politics, but more of it. Now, many people out there are just kind of hanging on by a fingernail in terms of any confidence or trust when it comes to our democracy and our politics because they see how Big Money has sort of taken over the conversation and that the megaphone that Big Money has is hard to compete with if you are just a regular person out there who wants your voice to be heard. But it is made even worse when you don't know who is holding that megaphone when that speech comes in with all that money behind it and you don't know who the speaker is because that is hidden away because all of this money has become secret.…”