Joe Neguse: “I stand on the floor of the people's House to deliver what I believe to be an urgent message: The time to confront…”

“I stand on the floor of the people's House to deliver what I believe to be an urgent message: The time to confront political corruption and clean up government is now. Sixteen years ago to this very day, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. As you know, Mr. Speaker, that decision overturned longstanding precedent and limits on political spending by special interests. The decision created a dark money system, where money speaks louder than everyday Americans. It has shifted power and influence away from everyday Americans, from the folks in our communities that we are privileged to serve, to instead these shadowy special interests that flood television screens every evening. In my view, Citizens United undermined what it means to be a country of the people, by the people, for the people, and, above all, accountable to the people.”