Chuck Schumer actually said...

"I do not think this is--I think if Thomas Jefferson were looking down, the author of the Bill of Rights, on what is being proposed here, he would agree with it."

"To say that when it comes to money there should be no balancing test but when it comes to other parts of this amendment and other amendments there should be a balancing test is logically false, demons..."

"I guarantee you that Senator McConnell would not have flipped his position, particularly on disclosure, if the vast majority of the money, unregulated money coming into the system were from Democrats ..."

"I am embarrassed about how our system is distorted by literally now billions of dollars coming into this system undisclosed, unregulated, and unanswered."