Al Green said "We are in a long-term debate, I guess, on campaign finance reform. We call it 'death by amendment,' because the seriousness of the campaign reform issue is so important, and yet our colleagues on the Republican side are the ones that have 300 amendments they want to bring up and they are really delaying it. In real life out there, Republicans outspend Democrats two, three, four and five to one in campaigns. We need campaign finance reform to get the money out of politics. They are too busy attacking working people and not really talking about campaign finance reform. But I want to talk about managed care and how important it is to the people that we represent." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 17, 1998

We are in a long-term debate, I guess, on campaign finance reform. We call it 'death by amendment,' because the seriousness of the campaign reform issue is so important, and yet our colleagues on the Republican side are the ones that have 300 amendments they want to bring up and they are really delaying it. In real life out there, Republicans outspend Democrats two, three, four and five to one in campaigns. We need campaign finance reform to get the money out of politics. They are too busy attacking working people and not really talking about campaign finance reform. But I want to talk about managed care and how important it is to the people that we represent.

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Al Green

Democratic · Texas

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing campaign finance reform and the importance of managed care during a floor debate.

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