I Might Dream, But I Am No

If You Chose To Serve In Congress Or On A Congressional Staff, You Should Be Barred For Life From Working For Any Company, Organization, Or Association Which Lobbies The Federal Government.

In The Past Two Years, I've Started The Process Of Becoming A New Man. I Am Much Chastened And Profoundly Remorseful Over The Reckless And Hurtful Things I Have Done In My Life, Especially Those Which Have Brought Me Before You Today.

I'm An Aggressive Person.

You Can't Take A Congressman To Lunch For $25 And Buy Him A Hamburger Or A Steak Or Something Like That. But You Can Take Him To A Fundraising Lunch And Not Only Buy Him That Steak, But Give Him $25,000 Extra And Call It A Fundraiser. And Have All The Same Access And All The Same Interactions With That Congressman.

I Got Into Lobbying Kind Of Against My Will At First. I Frankly Didn't Want To Be A Lobbyist, But I Realized That In Lobbying I Could Do Things Politically That Were Interesting To Me And Do Some What I Thought Would Be Good. I'm Not Sure It All Turned Out Like That, But At Least That Was Some Of The Initial Thinking.