On a final note, two weeks from now, this country will hold an election in which the Chamber has poured an unprecedented amount of money -- tens of millions of dollars -- into negative ads attacking candidates. I feel strongly about this issue. I think these practices raise important issues for our democracy and how election campaigns are run.

In particular, the Chamber has been unwilling to show accountability for the funds it has solicited for these ads. The donors have not been disclosed. Moreover, despite the Chamber's strong assertions, it has been unwilling to show conclusive evidence that money collected from foreign corporations isn't being used for political activities.

An event like this conference today is an appropriate use of contributions from Chamber members overseas. Spending such money on an election in any country would be inappropriate. In this country it would also be illegal.

I urge the Chamber to be transparent, to provide full disclosure on the contributions it is making in this election cycle.

Without proper transparency and disclosure it is hard for the Chamber to be a role model for corporate citizenship in America and around the world.