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Tom Udall: “this is not about free speech, and the American people know it. It is about the wealthiest interests trying to buy…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
this is not about free speech, and the American people know it. It is about the wealthiest interests trying to buy elections in secret, with no limits, period. That is it. Let me finally say that I have had a great group of Senators working with me on this amendment over the years. One of them we are going to hear from right now--Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont. All of us-- Senator Leahy, Senator Durbin on the Judiciary Committee--have worked and refined this amendment to do everything we can to make sure that it is responsive to the American people and that it will make us responsive to the American people in terms of having a good, solid electoral system other than the one the Supreme Court is leading us down the path with. With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico
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Sep 8, 2014

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