[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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      ETHICS IN PUBLIC SERVICE INCLUDED IN THE FOR THE PEOPLE ACT

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, the American people sent us here to 
clean up corruption and make Washington work for them. Restoring public 
trust in our system of government has to be one of our top priorities.
  I am proud that the very first legislation I introduced this Congress 
is aimed at strengthening ethics rules and slowing the revolving door 
between industry lobbyists and executive branch agencies.
  We need to bolster the firewall between public service and corporate 
lobbying to ensure public servants are putting the needs of the people 
first, not the industries they regulate.
  I am very pleased the Ethics in Public Service Act was included in 
H.R. 1, the For the People Act, the first major government reform 
package we will consider this Congress. This bill will go a long way 
toward elevating the people's voice in our politics by restricting the 
influence of dark money in campaigns, defending voting rights 
protections, and limiting corporate influence.
  Working together, we can build a government more responsive and 
effective in making progress for the American people.

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