"We have to bring some balance to our political system. If people lose faith in this system, which they are rapidly doing, in large part, because they feel, correctly, that people with a lot of money have far more say in the actual political dialogue than they do, this great democracy could falter."
"Our democratic process is broken and corrupt right now because politicians in both parties hold onto incumbency."
"Well, we have to do something. I mean, the alarm bells are ringing."
"And we cannot wait for a solution that may not be available to us in the political or public policy sphere, or in the political sphere, and so other alternatives have to be developed on a fairly urgen..."
"When the Supreme Court, or any of my colleagues, say that the Koch Brothers' First Amendment rights are being deprived, that they are not being heard, it defies common sense, it defies logic."
"Let us allow those who want to contribute and engage in our political system to give money where they want as long as they follow the law."
"But it is a question that is important because if it does not get fixed then we do not get the certification, right?"
"I want to sincerely express my appreciation on behalf of myself and Senator Roberts to your commitment and willingness to step forward in these somewhat difficult circumstances."
"I want to follow up again on the question of certification because you both identified there is a kind of coming-at-us wave of replacement of machines with new technology, and yet, if the certificatio..."
"I believe that regardless of the SENTRI Act we are always looking to improve our processes and improve the assistance that we provide our military and overseas citizen voters."
"I used to say that Jefferson characterized the States as the laboratories of democracy, but nobody reads the lab reports."