. >> sam waterson has a message for congress.e says it is time to end what he calls pay to play politics. we welcome him to our show. thanks for joining us. >> actually congress has a message for us. >> okay. >> which is they have this bill, cure elections now act which has been introduced. was introduced in march. so really the news is that if the 80% of americans that want campaign finance reform of some kind call their representatives, there's something they can do about it today. >> reporter: let's talk about this. you have a hearing scheduled for tomorrow. you are on captiol hill today. what would this bill do? how would it change the way politics is funded? >> well, as far as the politicians are concerned it would give them another choice between being completely free of major donors and very very probably losing, taking major donations with all of that -- what all of that implies for the expectation and the appearance of quid pro-quo. or they could have the third possibility of living on small donations and having a good h