March 7, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 41 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H2513-H2514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRESS HAS THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO STEP UP AND ACT

  (Ms. DeGETTE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeGETTE. Madam Speaker, this week the House is considering H.R. 
1,

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the For the People Act. This bill takes on one of the biggest issues 
facing our democracy: campaign finance reform.
  The Supreme Court's decision, in Citizens United, was one of the most 
disastrous decisions of our time. It opened the floodgates to the 
unlimited amount of unregulated dark money that is now corrupting our 
democracy.
  And Congress not only has the authority to regulate the way our 
political campaigns are financed, but, I believe, we have the moral 
responsibility to step up.
  This bill would shed light on the billionaires and special interest 
groups who are really behind some of the candidates running for office, 
and it would level the playing field by giving the power back to the 
traditional grass roots donors.
  This, without a doubt, is one of the most important issues that we as 
a Congress will take on this year, and that is why I urge all of my 
colleagues to get in this fight to get unlimited dark money out of the 
political system once and for all.

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