Kendra S. Horn: “The problem is there is too much money floating around in American politics at $10,000 an election cycle per political…”

“The problem is there is too much money floating around in American politics at $10,000 an election cycle per political action committee, PAC's. That is what we have to deal with. The fact that you can hold parties at the Republican Club and at the Democratic Club and get $500 at a clip every quarter from Washington lobbyists is the real lobbyist problem. It is not the $5 or $10 gift that pops up, the raisins from Fresno, or whatever. I would suggest to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that what the Republican party offered this Chamber last year and they voted down was a ban on PAC's and a ban on soft money. Next time we ought to pass that legislation if we are really serious about curbing lobbyist influence.”