I believe one important step is to have a functioning FEC where all six seats are filled with Commissioners in terms that have not expired.
The American people deserve to know who is spending all this money to influence their vote.
I do not think we can truly fix this broken system until we undo that false premise.
Thank you both very much, and we look forward to you sorting out this dysfunctional FEC.
It is a broken system based on a flawed premise that spending money on elections is the same thing as free speech.
This is not about free speech, and the American people know it.
Comprehensive campaign finance reform is crucial to our democracy, but at the very least, we need to make sure that the ...
What DISCLOSE is about is the basic core principle of the voters knowing where the money is coming from.
Thank you very much, Chairman King, for holding this very, very important hearing on our democracy.
Our campaign finance system is failing and it is broken.
We're going to be working, I know, to do what's right to maintain our nuclear posture, but also keep control of costs.