Political Quotes

“there is no doubt about it, money talks on Capitol Hill. And for the Republican leadership, no money talks louder than gun money. The National Rifle Association has been the largest political donor to Members of Congress throughout the decade. In fact, the NRA soft money contributions to the Republican Party grew exponentially when the Republicans took over the House in 1994. So it should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that the Republican leadership turned to the NRA to write their so-called ``gun control'' legislation, a proposal that is rife with loopholes. The truth of the matter is that big money talks louder than kids' lives on Capitol Hill. Enormous soft money contributions have blinded the Republican leadership to 13 children who die every day in America in gun-related violence. Let us stop the madness. Let us start saving our children's lives by passing real gun control legislation, and let us pass campaign finance reform to cut the ties between gun money and Congress once and for all.”