Political Quotes

“today I have introduced a special piece of legislation that goes to the heart of campaign finance reform about which we hear so much. How many will recall that during the election and immediately following there were revelations of moneys being contributed to the Democratic National Committee, and then a decision made by the Democratic National Committee to return the funds to X, Y, and Z because the Democratic National Committee determined that they were illegally contributed? Now, the question arises, does this money go back to the people who may have violated the law in making the contribution to the Democratic National Committee? We have a situation, for instance, of a drug dealer who took thousands of dollars from profits made in the drug business and used that money to make a $20,000 contribution to the Democratic National Committee. Now we hear announcement by the Democratic National Committee that it will return that money. Well, is that not wonderful. That money will be returned to a drug dealer to be reused, perhaps, in the drug business or to make some other kind of contribution. Who knows what. I have introduced a bill here today which we call the ATM bill, believe it or not. Apprehension of Tainted Money. ATM. What does it do?…”