Marshall Sanford: “I stand here as a conservative in support of this bill, because I think we all have to ask ourselves, when the Federal…”

“I stand here as a conservative in support of this bill, because I think we all have to ask ourselves, when the Federal Government controls $1.7 trillion worth of daily activity as we go through the year, do we want people to have disproportionate levels of influence? I would answer no. It ties straight to the larger question. That is, if someone gives large amounts of dollars, do they expect something in return? I think the answer is unequivocally yes. Common sense would say if one gives large amounts of money to somebody else that they expect something in return. Tamraz, when asked before the Senate Finance Committee why did he give such large amounts of money, he said because it works. For that matter, the recent movie Bulworth, which some may have seen, talked about Bernard Schwartz and how he and the Loral Corporation had given $2 million to the DNC with surprising effect, because what they had been after, which is a satellite technology transfer, went through. We can come up with lots of other examples.”