Kenny Hulshof: “Yet, those of us who support the Hutchinson substitute, we believe we are engaged in an exercise of futility. The…”

“Yet, those of us who support the Hutchinson substitute, we believe we are engaged in an exercise of futility. The definition of "insanity" is taking exactly the same action and expecting a different result. The fact is that the Shays-Meehan bill is not going to pass in the Senate. The stage is set. The lights are up. The actors are ready. And they have handed us the same script. And guess what? The ending is the same. Now, I want to respond to two consistent themes that have been heard throughout the day. I heard one colleague that suggested that in order to accomplish reform we are going to have to navigate a mine field of poison pills, as if every legitimate substitute not named "Shays-Meehan" somehow deserved a scarlet letter. Well, Mr. Chairman, there are some of us who are really sincere reformers who choose not to kneel at the altar of every bill that has been anointed by some in this House or some in the Beltway. I think that the refusal to budge or compromise on the underlying bill has poisoned the well of campaign reform.”