Ron Kind: “I rise in support of the telephone excise tax repeal, but I also rise to speak in favor of the motion to recommit. It is…”

“I rise in support of the telephone excise tax repeal, but I also rise to speak in favor of the motion to recommit. It is really a sad day here when we have to bring up our only serious discussion about campaign finance reform this way in this manner as a motion to recommit. It is because of the latest abomination that has crept into our political process, the so-called 527 corporations that can accept unlimited contributions and spend it for political purposes without disclosing at all where the money is coming from. For too long opponents of campaign finance reform have claimed that the only thing we need to do to reform campaign finances is to require full disclosure. Well, here is their opportunity. What is it going to take to enact long overdue campaign finance reform in this Congress, illegalities of the magnitude not seen since the Nixon administration, when the last wave of campaign finance reform measures were finally enacted. I hope not. Support the motion to recommit and let us shut down the 527 loophole, as we are the excise tax today.”