Chuck Schumer actually said...

"I would like you to enumerate one argument why shareholders should not know the money that corporations, that the corporate board, corporate CEO, or whatever, has decided to give in a political campai..."

"I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge that the chart behind us shows that many nominees are awaiting confirmation."

"That argument that it is immaterial does not cut much mustard with me, and, I think, with many shareholders--not all, but many."

"The bottom line is, we need dollars. Sequestration, which my colleagues on the other side of the aisle supported, cut the money available to fight this scourge."