Political Quotes

“let me first of all say to my colleague from California (Mr. Farr), it seems like it was not that long ago when you and I came to this House, and one of the first things that we did was sat down and worked on campaign finance reform. And if one looks at over a period of the last few years, we have spent literally hours upon hours, days upon days, that have become weeks upon weeks, months upon months, trying to work out a bill that we would be able to get a majority for. I just want to compliment the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) for his commitment on this issue, his unwavering commitment. I know that as we are on the verge, I hope today, of passing campaign finance reform with the Shays-Meehan bill, I want to make it clear we would not be here at this point in time if it were not for the commitment that the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) has had to campaign finance reform. The legislation that I cosponsored, I voted for, I believe my colleague from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) has voted for this legislation on occasion, is an important comprehensive piece of legislation. Many of the provisions that are in the bill are provisions that were in the Meehan-Shays, Shays-Meehan comprehensive bill, when we talk about trying to find incentives, voluntary spending limits, to keep the cost of Congressional elections down. The way that this bill would do it would be to provide incentives through low cost television advertisement and provide low cost mailings.”