Political Quotes

“One thing that we have all learned over the last couple of years is that the 435 Members of the House each has their own idea about how to change the campaign finance system we have in America. One of the most difficult things that I have seen in the 5 rac{1}{2} years that I have been here is the difficulty that leadership has had on each side of the aisle in trying to bring enough consensus around any kind of a bill and bring it to this floor and to get it passed. I think that the bill that Mr. Thomas and our committee brings to the floor today is a sincere, honest attempt at trying to reform the system, albeit in a different way than the Washington establishment has wanted to do for some time. Yes, it is true, we do not have more bureaucracy. We do not have phony limits. We do not try to create a bureaucracy to try to control campaign spending from here in Washington.”