Political Quotes

“like other Members of this Congress, I have been successful under the current system. I will keep doing the things necessary. If we want to serve in Congress, we have no choice but to be out trying to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. But I do not like it because I know it is not too much to say that unless we fundamentally change this system, ultimately campaign finance will consume the very essence of our democracy. We are reaching the point wherever every Member of this Congress is going to have to spend more time out raising money than tending to the Nation's business. It is fundamentally a corrupting influence on the operation of this body. What answer does Speaker Gingrich provide? He tells us, contrary to what every authority has said that it is a myth it is not true, it is just one of the greatest myths of modern politics that campaigns are too expensive. The American people do not know what they see on TV. The political process is, in fact, underfunded. It is not overfunded.”