[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              WORKING FOR THOSE WITHOUT A LOBBYIST OR PAC

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Trone) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. TRONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support 
H.R. 1, the For the People Act.
  I ran for Congress to be a voice for those without a powerful PAC or 
a special interest group to represent them.
  The wealthy and connected, they will be fine.
  For the people is who we are here to fight for: for the people who 
are suffering from the addiction epidemic, for the people who are 
living with diseases with no cure, and for the people who are targeted 
by a broken criminal justice system that is anything but just. These 
people don't have a PAC. These people, they don't have a lobbyist.
  We won't be able to help those people until we end the corruption and 
fix our democracy. That is why I am supporting the For the People Act.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to send this bill to the 
President's desk so we can get to work on behalf of those without a 
lobbyist, without a PAC.

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