Elissa Slotkin Quotes

More money is being spent on our elections, with less disclosure of where that money is coming from, than ever before.

I'm not backed by the super PACs and the big corporations.

By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the NRA. If you want more disclosure, super PACs are a step forward.

Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.

What is a super PAC? It’s like a PAC that got bitten by a radioactive lobbyist.

The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.

It's pretty clear that Americans have a strong interest in knowing who's trying to influence their vote in elections.

You shouldn't have political action committees.

A 527 doesn't have a wife. It doesn't have a brother-in-law who knows a lot about politics, or a union president who calls and doesn't like the color of the suit, or bimbo eruptions. It's the perfect candidate, because it has no personal characteristics.

Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

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

The Tea Party elites gained extraordinary influence by being able to funnel millions of undisclosed dollars into campaigns with ads that distort the truth and attack government.

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.

Few developments in campaigning have been as vilified and misunderstood as independent expenditure PACs, or, as they are colloquially known, super PACs.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

I took and received campaign donations under the existing laws.

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

Money in politics is a huge issue.

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

Rule of Dark Matter: SuperPAC dollars cannot be seen by most voters but account for most of the money in this universe.

Much of the money raised in politics does not come free of charge.

American politics is money and thirty second spots.

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

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