Alan Lowenthal: “Yesterday Representative Fitzpatrick and I introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the House to commit to the…”

“Yesterday Representative Fitzpatrick and I introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the House to commit to the removal of political gerrymandering from congressional redistricting and to improve the public confidence in our electoral process. Every citizen in every State deserves to have the same ability as citizens in States like California, Arizona, Hawaii, and Ohio, who now have to draw their Congressional district boundaries without the influence and gamesmanship of politics. The political gerrymandering of our congressional districts, which attacks at the very bedrock the right of every American to fair representation, has seriously undermined the public's trust in our democratic system. Mr. Speaker, it is time to get the back room out of the ballot box and let the people decide. ____________________”