Campaign Transparency Quotes

My view on candidates on money is unless it's proven that the donor stole the money, the campaign keeps the money.

If you have to tell the truth about the fat content in a hamburger, why shouldn’t you have to tell the truth about another individual who is offering for public office.

It is essential that there should not only be a limit on campaign spending but it should be required to say where that money is spent and how it is spent. I think there has been more abuse in campaign spending, actually, than in campaign contributors.

I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.

After [Donald] Trump and his campaign manager both initially denied having anything to do with the platform change, a Trump campaign official now admits that the campaign pushed to soften the Russian language in the platform. It says it was done specifically at Trump's request.

You have to have a system that vets everything that comes out of a candidate’s mouth.

Now I believe that people need to understand what's happening in my campaign, and they're going to get three or four snapshots of that, with plenty of time before the first disclosure happens in June.

Mr. Reagan will raise taxes and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.

... tell candidates who desire total control [of debates] that in a democracy elections belong to the voters.

Democracy functions better when donors push politicians to win campaigns based on their defining issues instead of using financial pressure for policy changes, favors, or special access.

In terms of objectives or agenda, Donald Trump has been the most transparent candidate that I can remember.