"Let us stop this fool's errand of speech regulation."
"The Supreme Court recognized the First Amendment does not allow this Congress to choose who gets to speak."
"The only people who can win elections then are incumbent politicians, because incumbent politicians have armies of lobbyists and entrenched interests that raise the money and fund them."
"We have nothing to fear from a free marketplace of ideas."
"In my view, the integrity of the Department of Justice has been severely compromised."
"I think that really reveals the issue here, that the votes of Members of Congress are public because we are supposed to be public servants."
"the last people we want deciding, you know, who needs to speak more or who needs to speak less in a campaign is the Government itself."
"Imposing speech regulations based on the whims of whatever party happens to be in the majority in Congress at a given time is not a reasonable exercise."
"Now, I have to tell you, the fact that a major Obama donor is playing this leadership role has resulted in the integrity of the Department being questioned."
"If we really want disclosure, we should be advancing proposals that will redirect resources to the candidates and the parties."
"We should not be trying to think of ways to keep people from participating in the political process. We should be encouraging more of it."