[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            AMERICA FOR SALE

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I regret to say that America is for sale 
and the White House will go to the highest bidder. Seventeen people 
have given $1 million to the biggest conservative PACs in this country, 
and those contributions represent more than one-half what those PACs 
have received.
  Who are these 17 people? Well, the median age is 66, the median 
wealth is $1 billion, and they're interested in a couple of things. 
They want to eliminate inheritance tax, they want to extend the Bush 
tax cuts for the wealthy, and they want to slash the highest tax 
brackets.
  Let's talk about one of them.
  Mr. Adelson has contributed $25 million, $10 million to Mr. Romney's 
Restore Our Future. What is $10 million in his budget like? Well, his 
$10 million is a contribution in $24 billion of net worth. How does 
that compare? Well, that would be like a $40 contribution to someone 
whose net worth was about $100,000. So Mr. Adelson can give a lot more 
money with much less effort.

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