John H. Graham IV: “I think we ought to dramatically change from whence we get money, and I think we ought to, over a period of time, say we…”

It is also important that we weigh the proposed reform's reporting requirements and the costs and administrative capacity that will be incurred to administer them versus the benefit derived from a more transparent system.

I think it is really important that the people know if we do pass some additional reforms that they are going to be enforced and that we are enforcing the current rules and regulations that we have in place today.

I agree with Senator Voinovich. First of all, we have to enforce the rules we have.

That is why Senator Nelson of Nebraska and I, along with Senator Allen, are introducing legislation today that creates a bipartisan Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress.