Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
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.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders criticizes Republicans for discussing campaign finance while ignoring fossil fuel industry spending.

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