Political Quotes

“I am very pleased that I am finally able to say we are going to restore the Federal Election Commission to a fully functioning six-member body. The FEC lost a functioning quorum last January when three recess appointments to the Commission expired, leaving only two FEC commissioners. It takes four to conduct official business, so there was no way to conduct business. When the FEC went dark in January, it meant our Nation's campaign finance watchdog was off the beat. It also meant that important provisions of the Democrats' Honest Leadership and Open Government Act would not be implemented. Most notably, the building of this Federal Election Commission is so very important. I would be remiss to not say that the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act passed on a bipartisan basis. For example, the bundling rules we worked so hard to enact into law were put into limbo. But now with the FEC within a few minutes going to be reestablished, that will not be the case.”