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Whether it is a super PAC or not, I have been blessed with wealth, and I think I have responsibility to use it properly.

I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.

I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.

The super PACs have brought an element of fear into the equation. The fact that they can bring this money into the campaign, basically ambush you out of nowhere, and you'll have no way to fight back.

I have no control over the super PAC; all I do is write the check.

I would do away with super PACs. I think it's a cancer.

I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money.

PACs don't vote in the district; people do.

I'm not going to take any special interest money or any PAC money... when I get to Washington I want to be the voice for the people of Connecticut and not owe special favors.

Few developments in campaigning have been as vilified and misunderstood as independent expenditure PACs, or, as they are colloquially known, super PACs.