Ending Quote by Dean Phillips

Trust is earned, and as long as special interests can continue to buy influence with PAC money we're going to continue losing the faith…

— Dean Phillips

Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.

— Jared Polis

In my opinion, we need to again consider the possibility of public funding of congressional elections, following the very successful experience with clean money…

— Russ Feingold

It should be alarming to every tax-paying citizen that the government could turn federal settlement funds into fuel for activist groups that exert power…

— Tommy Tuberville

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.

— Jack Kevorkian

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.

— Anonymous

We have to get rid of the constant fundraising that happens inside the Congress. Before, political parties used to raise money; now, individual members…

— Marcy Kaptur

I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money.

— Stephen Pagliuca

Unfortunately, most of Congress has little to offer except making noise and knowing how to move up the bloated political chain.

— Robert Blaha

While we face economic obstacles that challenge every decision made in Washington, decisions made merely for political gain must stop. It's time to restore…

— Nick Lampson

With the growing influence of big money in politics, it's time for Congress to reform America's outdated campaign finance system.

— Ben Ray Lujan

Similar to how 'Abolish ICE' rang the bell on this huge crisis on immigration, unifying around not taking corporate-PAC money gets everybody to pay…

— Saikat Chakrabarti