| Progressive Caucus |
April 19, 2012 |
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Lynn Woolsey, D-CA
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"Congressman, the one beacon of light in the system is the public financing of Presidential campaigns. I have to remind everybody, that’s voluntary. People volunteer $1 a year out of their tax return to support the public financing of the Presidential races. They have to opt to do that. They don’t have to. It’s served our country well, and it’s a very limited expense. It needs updating. It doesn’t need dismantling. We need more public financing of our Federal election, not less."
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| Citizens United |
February 2, 2012 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"We pay for the fund by asking businesses that earn more than $10 million a year in Federal contracts to pay a fee of one-half of 1 percent, with a maximum amount of $500,000 per year. That would fund it, and it would make certain that under the fair election system we would have public financing and we would put it into this money chase that I believe is not only corrupting our campaign system but could someday corrupt the very government we are proud of and represent as elected officials."
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| Transparency In Regulatory Analysis Of Impacts On The Nation Act Of 2011 |
September 23, 2011 |
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Gerald Connolly, D-VA
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"My simple amendment to the TRAIN Act establishes a simple process to identify “policies that should be adopted and implemented by the United States to provide domestic job growth, and to ensure that our Nation is internationally competitive in the $5 trillion global energy industry for clean energy technology, development, and manufacturing.” Business leaders have urged Congress to adopt both a regulatory framework and a system of incentives to spur clean energy job creation. In addition to the regulation the Deutsche Bank identified as supporting investment, American entrepreneurs have called on Congress to expand public financing for clean energy."
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| Where Is The Job Creation Agenda? |
February 9, 2011 |
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Gerald Connolly, D-VA
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"Let’s look at what we have done: H.R. 2, repeal protections of health insurance reform. Created no jobs. H.R. 359, eliminating public financing for Presidential campaigns. Created no jobs. H.R. 38, establishing a budget with no numbers. Created no jobs. H.R. 519 is on the floor today, to reduce our annual payment to the United Nations and go back into arrears. Again, creates no jobs."
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