Sherrod Brown: “It is not a shareholder democracy when a $10 million corporate buy effectively drowns out the $5 to $10 to $20 donation…”

“It is not a shareholder democracy when a $10 million corporate buy effectively drowns out the $5 to $10 to $20 donation that represents real people with real concerns. The DISCLOSE Act would make CEOs do what political candidates do--what we all do--when we pay for political advertising: face the camera and tell the voters we sponsored a commercial. Whether we are Democrat or Republican, surely, we wouldn't want to see our political system, our democratic system, become the puppet of a few large corporations with whatever interest they have--oil or big insurance or drug companies or companies that outsource jobs as their specialty. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hagan). The Senator from New York.”