Bill Allison Quotes

You've got the foxes guarding the hen house, and that is never a good way to make public policy. - Bill Allison

That's how you get into leadership. It's not your personality or your charm. It's whether or not you can bring money to the party. - Bill Allison

It's not so much the timing (of the contribution)... It's hard to say any individual contribution led to contracting action, but it's easier to show (GTECH) is a politically savvy company that has spent a lot of money over the years. - Bill Allison

It's not enough to write a sternly worded letter to your legislator... It's money that talks, and it gets your people in the door. - Bill Allison

It's hard to call it a blind trust if they're peeking under the blindfold. - Bill Allison

It's certainly interesting that again his daughter's working for ultimately oil interests. That's where all the money in Saudi Arabia comes from, after all. - Bill Allison

It sounds like he got something and gave something in return... I know for most people $23,000 is a huge amount of money to get in one lump sum. It sounds like the payment certainly didn't hurt the filmmaker's chances of getting some help with his other projects. - Bill Allison

It clearly creates the appearance that somebody could be influenced by their future employer, while they're supposed to be representing the interests of the state of New Jersey and the students of Camden. - Bill Allison

If there is a conflict now, why wasn't there a conflict when he came into office or when he became Senate majority leader? ... And with his family still involved with HCA, I don't know that selling the stock even ends the conflict of interest. ... The timing of this doesn't quite make sense. - Bill Allison

If he's voting on bills that he has a direct financial stake in, I don't think you can find a clearer conflict of interest than that. I don't think you're going to find a clearer case of somebody voting their own pocketbook. - Bill Allison

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