Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time at this time until the gentleman from Massachusetts is ready to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Sadly, we have seen all too well how money has polluted our politics and is undermining our democracy, so I am going to urge people to vote against the previous question. If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to allow for consideration of a sensible constitutional amendment, H.J. Res. 22, a measure that I have sponsored with my friends, Ted Deutch of Florida, Donna Edwards of Maryland, and John Sarbanes of Maryland, to overturn these decisions and make clear that Congress and States have the authority to regulate and set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money to influence elections. To discuss this proposal, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutch).”