07/11/2011
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"I would also add that I find it remarkable that some of my Republican colleagues in this debate have expressed a deep concern about the needs of low-income people and the elderly."
"I find that is really remarkable that one of my Republican colleagues would dare to raise the issue of campaign finance and the amount of money folks are putting into the political process."
"According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in 2013 the oil, gas and coal industries invested at least $170 million in lobbying the Federal Government."
"the issue of money in politics has been raised at this hearing with the suggestion that environmental folks are pouring huge sums of money in and I would argue that their money is being dwarfed by the..."