While 225k might be chump change to the corporations; it's naive to think that $225k doesn't have any meaningful sway with the Clintons. Especially given this statement Clinton made regarding the speaking fees:

> "You have no reason to remember, but we came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt," Clinton said. "We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea's education.