Political Quotes

“I am pleased to join my colleagues in speaking about the DISCLOSE Act and why this is so critically important for our democracy. I appreciate the leadership of several of our colleagues in this respect. For the last 2 years our democracy has been hijacked by powerful special interests. Tonight we had the opportunity to begin repairing the fabric of our Nation's democracy before permanent damage is done. Unfortunately, Republicans decided not to put our democracy back on the right track. Out there, in this Presidential election season, murky special interests are spending unlimited amounts of corporate money. It is even possible that foreign governments can determine it is in their interests to funnel vast amounts of money to influence American political elections. Think about a country that does currency manipulation, that violates trade agreements, that steals intellectual property rights. Those of us who oppose those types of actions taken by other countries that are against the national economic interests of the United States could easily see that money flow through U.S. subsidiaries. That money could ultimately end up in campaigns to say: We do not want this Member of Congress, who is standing up for the interests of the American middle class and American businesses against our interests.…”