Political Quotes

“yesterday's Los Angeles Times got it right: ``Voters are getting tired of empty promises'' from the Republican leadership on campaign finance reform. Weeks have passed since the Republican leadership committed to holding a vote on the Shays-Meehan bill. Each day Republican leaders have postponed reform or debate on reform, and every day they postpone it, support for our bill has grown. Grassroots organizations, ranging from the AARP to the National Farmers Union to public groups all over the country are uniting behind supporting the Shays-Meehan bill. Last week, key Democratic and Republican sponsors of the commission bill merged with our coalition in support of a single bipartisan bill. Over the past few weeks, reform-minded Members on both sides of the aisle have committed to pulling their own reform proposals off if the Shays-Meehan bill wins a majority vote. Now all we need is the opportunity to do just that. Vote on the Shays-Meehan bill. In short, to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), reform supporters are ready to move forward. Enough is enough. Let us vote on Shays-Meehan.”