Thank you very much, senator. The next witness, mr. Floyd abrams, senior partner at the law firm cahill, gordon, and reindel in new york, not a stranger to this committee over the years. Mr. Abrams, please go ahead. Thank you, senator leahy. Appreciate your invitation to appear here today. The description of the constitutional amendment that is before you today states in its text edit quote relates to the contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections, unquote. Thats one way to safety. I think it wouldve been more defeat revealing to say that it actually relates to speech intended to affect elections. I think it would be even more accurate to say that it relates to limited speech intended to affect elections, and thats the core problem with it. It is intended to limit speech about elections and it would to just adapt. To start at the beginning, this has been said before, it is worth repeating, no ruling providing First Amendment protection has ever been reversed by a const