Political Quotes

“I wanted to be able to say to them it is not often in this body that one can make such a significant difference as they have done with campaign finance. I can remember in 1986, I woke up one morning and the State of Nevada was covered with signs of my opponent. I thought to myself, what a tremendous waste of money. Why would he be wasting money on signs? They cost so much. So I filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. Two years later I get a response that they have done something technically in violation. The fact is, the signs were paid for by the State party. That was the beginning of this rush of corporate money. From that time, 1986 to 1998, 12 years, it changed dramatically. Between John Ensign and Harry Reid, from signs paid for by the State party, there was $20 million spent in the State of Nevada, not counting independent expenditures. The vast majority of that was corporate money. That is not going to happen when this legislation takes effect. I am so grateful to these two men for what they have done to make my life more understandable.”