Eric Cantor said "I would just say that this bill is not about true campaign finance reform. What the amendment of the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Watts) tries to do is it tries to stop the censorship of free speech having to do with civil rights and protecting and being a proponent of protecting the rights of minorities. Without this amendment, and contrary to what has been said before, there are elevated cases of increased scrutiny on certain classes of speech, on certain attributes of individuals in this country. What we are trying to do by this amendment is to ensure that free speech having to do with the protection of civil rights will be protected." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 13, 2002

I would just say that this bill is not about true campaign finance reform. What the amendment of the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Watts) tries to do is it tries to stop the censorship of free speech having to do with civil rights and protecting and being a proponent of protecting the rights of minorities. Without this amendment, and contrary to what has been said before, there are elevated cases of increased scrutiny on certain classes of speech, on certain attributes of individuals in this country. What we are trying to do by this amendment is to ensure that free speech having to do with the protection of civil rights will be protected.

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Eric Cantor

Virginia

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Debating an amendment related to campaign finance reform and free speech protections.

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