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Rep. Phillips Takes to the House Floor to Voice Full Support for HR1, The For the People Act

Phillips: “We cannot address our country’s greatest challenges when we place special interests over our common interests.”

WASHINGTON, DCThis afternoon, Rep. Dean Phillips took to the House Floor to voice his full support for H.R. 1, the For the People Act. The bill is a sweeping government, ethics and election reform package and was the first bill Phillips co-sponsored in Congress. The House will vote on the bill this week.

Phillips will participate in a livestreamed town hall discussion on H.R.1 tonight at 6 PM CST on the NowThis Politics Facebook page.

Click here to view Rep. Phillips’s remarks

Below is the full text of Rep. Phillips’s remarks:

Madame Speaker,

I rise to voice my full-hearted support of H.R. 1, the For The People Act.

As I spend time with parents and business owners, retirees and millennials, Republicans and Democrats back home in Minnesota, one thing is clear: people are losing faith in the integrity and fairness of our political system.

And for good reason.

When I arrived in Washington I witnessed firsthand the corrupting influence of money in our politics. Envelopes with PAC checks offered after handshakes, and a culture in which votes often seem to have price tags attached.

We can do better. And we must do better.

That’s why I say no matter your number one issue, please make campaign finance reform your number two – because we cannot address our country’s greatest challenges when we place special interests over our common interests.

So let’s pass H.R. 1 and begin the hard and principled work of restoring our democracy for the people.

 

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