Elissa Slotkin Quotes

I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.

The identity of political donors should be disclosed and bureaucratic rules should not circumvent the original intent of federal law or interfere with the public's ability to hold these organizations accountable.

I don't take PAC money. I don't take special interest money.

I'm not going to take any special interest money or any PAC money... when I get to Washington I want to be the voice for the people of Connecticut and not owe special favors.

The only way to have clean politics is to pay party district and city leaders as business executives.

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law.

The Democracy is for People Amendment will stop corporations and their front groups from using their profits and dark money donations to influence our elections while reaffirming the right of the American people to elections that are fair and representatives that are accountable.

Not taking corporate money is a core part of the progressive message.

Elections aren't supposed to be for sale... it's that simple.

I am a passionate advocate of getting special interest money out of politics.

I'm voting for Bernie Sanders because he doesn't take any corporate money.

Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public.

We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate, whether a Republican or a Democrat, they should be able to do so.

I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical.

Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.

It starts with campaign finance reform.

Congressman are spending too much time raising money.

The evils of the use of corporate money in connection with political elections are so generally recognized that the committee deems it unnecessary to make any argument in favor of the general purpose of this measure.

Not since the gilded age has our politics been opened so wide to corporate contribution and donations from secret sources.

If we must have campaign contributions, this is the way to raise them. If you would start this method now, you would begin a tremendous reform.

For me, it all comes down to one issue: if we can get money out of political systems, the whole world will change.

We will accept no corporate PAC money, and we're not going to be driven by the polls.