Political Quotes

“what an honor to close the debate on this most important issue that affects every single Member of this House and the political parties, and most importantly, the American people. I say to my colleagues that tonight really is the moment of truth. The truth is that for a generation, the majority in the Congress opposes reforming the current system and the minority supports reform. Before we took a majority 4 years ago, the very same people who opposed reform tonight supported the same kind of reforms, because they were in the minority. That is the truth. It is inherent, supposedly, upon the majority to support the current system. However, I come from the majority. I come from the freshman class of the 104th Congress. We have reformed a lot of things. We have changed this place in many respects, but we are pulling up short if we do not reform our own campaign system. It is important that we face the truth. The truth is that banning soft money cuts across the spectrum. Everybody gets treated the same. If we find it offensive that tobacco can give a half a million dollars on a single night at a fund-raiser when tobacco legislation is pending before the Congress, vote for this bill. It does away with that.”