Quotes by Martin Meehan

“This is nothing more than election year pandering. This will prevent or stop nothing, but it does effectively divide people in America ... and thats exactly why its wrong.”

“Soft money is never good money ... It is the reason why every piece of public interest legislation that we try to pass, we have a tough time because of soft money on the other side,”

“The moment of truth has come,”

“After overcoming every obstacle that the leadership could possibly construct, the House will vote on real campaign finance reform,”

“I would urge the members of this House to see through these amendments and recognize them for what they are, nothing more than an attempt by the opponents of campaign finance reform to kill this legislation.”

“[Another panel member, Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.) agreed.] I think the president did a fairly good job. I dont think there will be much of a political backlash, ... This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts.”

“put the bad guys back in charge.”

“Were in a better position to prevent an attack by terrorists on an airplane, thats for sure, ... But then again, we were in a better position after 50 minutes (on Sept. 11, 2001) to defend it, just by virtue of people in the plane ? the last plane ? knowing what was happening and taking the plane down rather than allowing the terrorists to fly the plane into the Capitol.”

“The psychological wounds can be much more destructive,”

“If you look at how much money were spending in Iraq and the increase in the defense budget, surely a small portion of that could be used to take care of these kids coming back from Iraq,”