I strongly believe that timely disclosure of campaign finance reports is crucial to safeguard the integrity of our elections.
The 2012 DISCLOSE Act introduced by Sheldon Whitehouse, our Rules Committee colleague Senator Tom Udall, and myself, among others, is alread...
The practical effect is we do not know where this 501(c)(4) money is coming from, and we will never know.
Our mandate was limited in scope, but the effect will be felt throughout our government.
That is how it was designed. That is how Senator Whitehouse and those of us working with him designed it.
In one case, it was the candidate's father who ran the super PAC, as I understand it, is that correct?
The legislation we are going to discuss today is, in my opinion, a no brainer.
The floodgates to unprecedented campaign spending are open and threaten to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens.
This uninhibited, undisclosed spending is hurting every one of us.
The first benefit of all disclosure bills is that they can prevent corruption and the appearance of corruption.
I believe our law is quite the same as California.