Political Quotes

“there is not a single piece of legislation, no matter how good, that cannot be picked apart with the technical arguments. I am not going to do that. I am going to get away from emotions and the words and all the negative aspects. I think that there are really two words that come to mind, and that is it is just ``too much.'' It is too much money. I cannot imagine looking at a primary election in California where two people spent $60 million. Is that free speech? It is not free to me; it is pretty expensive. Will it be $60 million next round? Will it be $100 million? With the gross domestic product going up and inflation going up, will it be $200 million? What is too much? Where does this lead us? Is this what we want to leave as a legacy? Mr. Chairman, I ask this about my children. Do I want them to come into this body, or try to come into this body, and say, listen, it is going to be a great run and it is going to cost $50 million. And if they run for five terms, it is maybe $250 million. Is this what we want? It is crazy. We have real limits for individuals and groups and we have absolutely no limits for this loophole which was never intended to be. Our job here in this and other legislation is to close loopholes. They were never intended they should not be, we should get at it. The Shays-Meehan bill does this, and I feel we should support it.”