Frank Pallone: “in today's New York Times the Speaker attacked Democratic fund-raising and compares it to the Watergate scandal.…”

“in today's New York Times the Speaker attacked Democratic fund-raising and compares it to the Watergate scandal. Specifically, the Speaker is quoted in today's New York Times saying, ``The Democratic fund-raising machine was the most systematic, large-scale effort to get around the law that I have seen since Watergate.'' This comment is especially strange coming from someone who has admitted to abuses of the campaign finance system. The abuses were on such a scale that the Speaker has been fined $300,000. There is an old saying about people in glass houses not throwing stones, and I think it especially applies to the Speaker of this House. If the Speaker really cares about campaign finance reform, he should bring legislation to the floor immediately to correct the system. So far all we have seen is inaction by the Republicans on campaign finance reform.”