[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11772]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              DISCLOSE ACT

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Thanks to the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United, 
corporations can now make unlimited donations without disclosing who 
they are. The result is a government for hire to the highest bidder.
  Think about it. Are you a corrupt oil company that hates those 
annoying safeguards that protect Americans' health, but restrict your 
ability to drill, baby, drill? No problem. Find a candidate that will 
turn a blind eye and donate until they win. Or maybe you're a 
billionaire on Wall Street who leveraged away the savings of the 
American people for a big paycheck in 2008, but now you're being held 
back by Wall Street reform. Not to worry. Buy a candidate with a super 
PAC. Nobody needs to know who you even are.
  Twice this week, the DISCLOSE Act, which would end this madness and 
provide transparency to who's contributing in elections, has come up in 
the Senate. And twice this week, Republicans blocked it on a party-line 
vote. Americans should ask the GOP: Why?

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