Political Reform
In the last two years, we’ve seen bailouts for bankers and watched as homes were foreclosed, and the retirements and dreams of millions of working families were shattered.
We’ve watched friends and family members lose their jobs and struggle to find work, while the Wall Street titans that caused this mess have flooded Washington with lobbyists and cash, and utilized their unlimited checkbooks to try to kill our best chance for meaningful regulation and reform.
We’ve watched health insurance premiums climb, seen health coverage vanish along with jobs, only to hear Republicans tell our country again and again, “No, Not Now.”
To anyone outside Washington it’s clear: Our political system needs reform. Senator Burr and the Senate Republicans are a big part of the problem, but many of the issues that we face are deeper and more systemic.
That’s why this issue is so important to me, and is at the heart of why I am running for the Senate. It’s a question I’ll ask every day as a Senator, “How can we get the government working again for the American people?”
My political reform agenda will be based on these core principles:
- Represent the Long-Term Common Interests of the People, Not Partisan or Special Interests: Now more than ever, we need Senators that look after long-term, common interests of all Americans, not just short-term special or partisan interests.
- Reduce the Role of Big-Money In Politics: We’ve got to stop big corporations from exercising undo influence on legislation and in influencing elections by enacting meaningful campaign finance reform.
- End Abuse of the Filibuster and Other Obstructionist Tactics: The Senate was intended to be the place for deliberation, not the place where legislation goes to die.
- Transparency: More disclosure and public accountability will mean less corruption.
