Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Yes, I appreciate the Senator from Kentucky having the bill right before him because that was exactly my interpretation.…”

“Yes, I appreciate the Senator from Kentucky having the bill right before him because that was exactly my interpretation. When I looked at it, there were no exceptions for legal defense funds to the $20 limitation. As I said, I certainly can approve of and think it is fine to limit lobbyists from contributions. But nevertheless, I could not find in the bill any exception for other people, except the $20 limitation which renders impossible a building of a fund that would go against an entire Government entity by a public official of normal circumstances. I think her testimony is extremely important as we wrestle with trying to do the right thing in dealing with the gift issue.”