    Sentence 1: FEC Chairman Scott Thomas, a  Democrat who was also at the conference, noted  that the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971  outlined three principles that need to be  preserved on the 1) disclosure of how money is  raised and spent to influence elections; 2) limits  on the amount that any one person can  contribute to a campaign; and 3) restrictions on  independent spending by corporations and unions.    Sentence 2: Scott Thomas was the FEC  Chairman.