Political Quotes

“Money and power. That is the influence too often on Capitol Hill when it comes to the legislative process. Money and power. The American people more and more every day hold this institution in disrepute because of the influence they see wielded by special interests whose bottom line is money and power. That influence has been evident throughout the legislative history of a bill to create a national commission to study what a front page article in today's Washington Post calls the ``explosive growth in legalized gambling.'' And today, as Post reporter Blaine Harden reports, ``Nevada-based gambling interests working with prominent Republican lobbyists'' have ``sabotaged'' a bipartisan effort in Congress to pass legislation to establish a National Gambling Study Commission. Money and power. Those special interests are poised to effectively neuter legislation that would provide information to the American people on the effects of what has become a $40-billion-a-year industry that generates, according to the Post article, ``six times the revenue of all American spectator sports combined.''”