. >> good morning, i'm robert weisman, i'm the president of public citizen. 22 individuals contribute -- and corporations, 22 individuals and corporations contributed half of the money that went to super pacs through the end of 2011. this concentration of influence and power on behalf of the super wealthy and corporate america is a direct result of the citizens united decision. even worse, it's just a preview of something much worse that's about to come unless the corporations are stopped. we're very pleased today to join this coalition of organizations to announce we intend to do that. we intend to stop corporations from taking over control of our country, of our democracy and the way we live. through the corporate reform coalition, public citizen is involved with many of the groups here in working on behalf of re demand corporations not spend money on elections or at least disclose what they're spending. we're supporting efforts at the sec and the states to win new rules that would require companies to disclose what they're spending on political elections. and we are committed with

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