Burgess Owens: “I will say emphatically I support the amendment if it is not part of a process of under the cloak of good government…”

“I will say emphatically I support the amendment if it is not part of a process of under the cloak of good government attempting to sabotage the Shays-Meehan bill. I think it makes sense. As I said before, it is in harmony with the New York City municipal election law which has provisions similar to this, and I would certainly support it. I hope we understand that the people out there understand also when we are posturing. They want to see some real reform. They understand the relationship between Enron's contributions and Global Crossing's contributions and the fact that regulators have not regulated appropriately. It is just a matter of time before all of this is going to be clearly understood by the whole public, and we might as well move to stay ahead of the people and have real reform here. I would certainly support this particular amendment in that spirit.”