Political Quotes

“let me first say to my colleagues on the left and the right who seem so deeply concerned about the constitutional ramifications of a campaign finance package, I would remind them that next week when we return from our Memorial Day recess that one of our colleagues the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) will bring a piece of legislation to the floor that seeks to rewrite the First Amendment in certainly more egregious ways than perhaps this campaign finance legislation will. But I say to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, what is it that we are afraid of when it relates to campaign finance reform? What is it that we are afraid of when we talk about taking less money? What is it that we are afraid of when we talk about less money in this entire political system? This is the same body that had the courage to say to welfare recipients throughout this Nation, and I voted with them, we are going to place a 2-year time limit on them. We are going to limit the amount of funds. This is the same Congress that said to those in the Dakotas, when the floods ravaged those areas, we are going to make them wait for disaster aid relief. What is it about campaign finance reform that irks and irritates so many in this Congress?”