Eric Swalwell: “I will never forget at one of our townhalls when we were in the Boston area. The students were listing their concerns…”

“I will never forget at one of our townhalls when we were in the Boston area. The students were listing their concerns from climate change and the inaction they have seen there, to student loan debt and how it has them in financial quicksand. To my surprise--and then I ended up seeing this on every campus we visited--this particular student said: But, yeah, you are not going to solve any of that because the system is rigged. As long as that is the perception, which we experience as our own reality, we won't see progress on those issues. We owe it to that generation. It is sad for you to acknowledge that a whole generation is about to give up on us until we change the way that we not only have rules for money and politics, but the way that we govern and represent our constituents, not outside corporate interests. We have a Future Forum event coming up in Denver. It is going to be in April, hosted by Congresswoman DeGette and Congressman Polis. I will give you, Congressman Israel, the last word on this evening's Future Forum focusing on voting rights and campaign financial reform. {time} 1830”