Political Quotes

“you have to sit back and ask yourself, why in the world would the Republican Party submit this kind of proposal. It has been condemned by every public interest group that has been fighting for campaign finance reform in America. Condemned by Common Cause, condemned by Public Citizen, United We Stand, every group in America who is trying to change the way Congress does business through reforming the campaign finance laws is against this proposal. Why in the world would they come forward with such a proposal that they may not even get the votes for? Well, it comes right from the top. That is where it comes from. Because when the Speaker of the House, if you look at this chart, Newt Gingrich, testified before the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight on November 2, he made the preposterous statement that, One of the greatest myths of modern politics is that campaigns are too expensive. The political process in fact is underfunded. It is not overfunded. That is what the top, the Speaker, said. When he was asked to testify on how to reform a system that everyone agrees needs to be reformed, a system that everyone agrees there is too much money involved, that is what the Speaker said. So what happened after that? The Speaker got together with Republican leadership, and they came in with a proposal that increases the influence of special interest money.…”