Mark Takano: “I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”

“George Retes is a U.S. citizen and an Iraq War veteran, and yet he was treated like an enemy by his own government,”

“I am honored to have George as my guest at the State of the Union. His presence will speak volumes.”

We cannot allow the candidates who finance the most checks to dominate public discourse and drown out competing voices.

Current campaign disclosure laws have not kept up with this new creator economy, and voters deserve to know who is financing their feeds before heading to the polling booths.