Political Quotes

“how strange that so many Republicans disagree with my friend from Arizona. They are convening a press conference right now to propose their campaign finance reforms. And is it not strange that they decided to propose them as this Congress adjourns? Because they reject the hopes of the American people that we might have reform in time for the next elections. They do not want reform, they want the same sorry system that we have right now, the same sorry system that allowed them to dump in $1 million of attack ads in a single election in Staten Island earlier this month; $1 million, in addition to all the resources the Republican candidate had, the same Republican Party that was happy to accept $1.8 million from a single family for various Republican front organizations last year. It is outrageous that we have a campaign finance system that allows big money special interests to maintain a stranglehold on this Congress, and these Republicans will not do a thing about it. They promised to bring up campaign finance reform this fall, and they broke that promise to the American people. They are adjourning today, adjourning the hopes of the American people for reform.”