We need to reduce money's influence in politics

In American politics, lax campaign finance laws have allowed big corporate special interests to have an outsized impact on our elections, effectively drowning the voice of regular voters. Americans deserve better.

Americans deserve a government in which their elected leaders work for them – not a narrow band of special interests that have an outsized influence on getting through their desired policy outcomes that might go against the public's interest. Recently, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse demonstrated during the Supreme Court nomination hearings how special interests have poured money into our political system, altering the courts for generations and shaping them in the image of a few special interests -- not the will of the voters.

By getting money out of politics, we can strengthen our democracy and make our government work for the people.

Here's where we can start:

• Pass and enact H.R. 1 For the People Act of 2019 to reduce the influence of money in politics
• Congress must ensure real-time disclosures and information must be easily accessible to all
• Corporate political action committees (PACs) should be barred from making contributions to candidates

Americans need to be able to trust our government. They need full transparency.

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