Thomas Daschle: “I want to devote a little time this morning to the constitutional amendment offered by the distinguished Senator from…”

“I want to devote a little time this morning to the constitutional amendment offered by the distinguished Senator from South Carolina, Senator Hollings. I am a cosponsor of that legislation, and I proudly come to the floor in my advocacy of the passage of his amendment. I give him great credit. He has come to the floor for years addressing, in myriad ways, the issue of campaign finance, the problems that we have associated with campaign finance, the difficulties, constitutionally and statutorily, in addressing all of the problems that he has so eloquently outlined now for a long period of time. Year after year, in Congress after Congress, fight after fight, Senator Hollings has been extraordinary in his effort to address this issue in a consequential and comprehensive way. I want to talk a little bit about the circumstances that I see facing all of us politically right now and my reasons for supporting the constitutional amendment. There are at least four primary reasons why I believe that the constitutional amendment needs to be addressed.”