Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am going to talk about the so-called DISCLOSE Act that we will vote on this afternoon at 2:45. Of course, this is a cloture vote which will require 60 votes to proceed to the bill. At the time the cloture motion was filed, the bill was so new that it was not even available on the Senate's Web site. Unfortunately, this represents a trend where we have seen legislation come to the floor that is so new and unavailable to the American people to read that they are left to wonder what actually is in the bill. This particular version of the bill was introduced less than a week ago. Sadly, I have concluded that this bill represents another attempt by my colleagues to push through legislation without adequate time for deliberation and review. In this case, it has pretty dramatic and dire consequences. It will reduce freedom of speech in a way that is inconsistent with the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution, it creates more Federal regulation, and it does not give the American people the opportunity to review the legislation and to weigh in because they cannot understand what are the ramifications. So in the short time we have between now and 2:45, I would like to weigh in a little bit to hopefully inform anyone who is listening what this particular piece of legislation will do.…”