Bernie Sanders: “Let me jump in and just pick up on that point. Let's talk for a moment about something which, amazingly enough, I do not…”

“Let me jump in and just pick up on that point. Let's talk for a moment about something which, amazingly enough, I do not know how it happened, but the Contract With America just ignored or I missed it, it must have been by accident, and that is the role of money in politics and campaign finance reform. Now, I find it extremely interesting that within the last several months, and, by the way, as the only independent in the Congress I will say the same things about the Democratic Party here, but within the last couple of months after the Republican victory huge amounts of corporate money has been flowing into the Republican National Committee, campaign contributions. Several months ago, as you will recall, the Republicans had a fundraiser, and on one night, one night, they raised $11 million from some of the wealthiest people in America and large corporations. Furthermore, at about the same time, Speaker Gingrich attended a fundraiser in order to raise money for a conservative television network. And the deductions to that fundraiser, by the way, were tax deductible. Interestingly enough, that fundraiser cost a mere $50,000 a plate, $50,000 a plate.”