Ann Kirkpatrick: “While I have the utmost respect and admiration for my colleague across the aisle--in fact, he is one of my favorite…”

“While I have the utmost respect and admiration for my colleague across the aisle--in fact, he is one of my favorite Members of Congress--I strongly disagree with his characterization of H.R. 1. No one knows more than I about dark money, secret money being spent in elections. I have had tens of millions of dollars spent to defeat me, yet I prevail because I have the power of the people. That is what this bill does. It empowers people just like that cowboy who stopped me with his pickup and contributed $5 to my legislative election. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this election. There is nothing more important than elections in our democracy and empowering the people to participate, nothing. That is the cornerstone of our democracy. Madam Chair, I yield the balance of my time to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), my esteemed colleague.”