But in the short term, we had better be careful not to snuff out this nascent recovery by doing too much cutting.
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.
The DISCLOSE Act would help enforce other campaign finance laws.
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.
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.
I am in favor of full disclosure, but there is nothing in the Constitution about full disclosure.
The American people deserve to know where this money is coming from.