Chuck Schumer

Disclosure does no good. In fact, it is deceptive.

Disclosure laws provide valuable information to voters.

The inability of good people in either party to come forward is going to stop and the disrespect of our institutions... will grow.

The American people deserve to know where this money is coming from.

I am in favor of full disclosure, but there is nothing in the Constitution about full disclosure.

I believe our law is quite the same as California.

The first benefit of all disclosure bills is that they can prevent corruption and the appearance of corruption.

This uninhibited, undisclosed spending is hurting every one of us.

The floodgates to unprecedented campaign spending are open and threaten to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens.

The legislation we are going to discuss today is, in my opinion, a no brainer.

I strongly believe that timely disclosure of campaign finance reports is crucial to safeguard the integrity of our elections.

In one case, it was the candidate's father who ran the super PAC, as I understand it, is that correct?

The DISCLOSE Act would help enforce other campaign finance laws.

It is time to get serious about full transparency. This bill would do that.

That is how it was designed. That is how Senator Whitehouse and those of us working with him designed it.

Our mandate was limited in scope, but the effect will be felt throughout our government.

The practical effect is we do not know where this 501(c)(4) money is coming from, and we will never know.

The American public, rightly so, looks on in disgust.

The 2012 DISCLOSE Act introduced by Sheldon Whitehouse, our Rules Committee colleague Senator Tom Udall, and myself, among others, is already supported by 40 Senators.

I did not agree to have a hearing. I just said we would continue our discussions.

We are doing this--rather than eliminating Senate consideration in its entirety--in order to ensure that these politically-balanced boards remain bipartisan.

Even my hideaway does not have a window yet.

I have been sitting at the other end of Senator Leahy's Judiciary Committee for a long time.

I strongly applaud my colleague from Montana for pushing this bill because it will cut government spending.

The American people have the bottom-line stake here and they have a right to know who is putting up the money.