[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 6, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WE CAN AND WE MUST DO BETTER

  (Mr. PHILLIPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. 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 and 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 is 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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