"It also closes the shadow lobbying loophole and requires that those who provide legislative, political, and strategic counseling services in support of someone else's lobbying activity is also require..."
"So we want to make sure to the maximum extent possible that each American when they vote for whoever their representative is has the same opportunity to cast that vote."
"it is so important that we pass H.R. 1, which will repair our democracy by restoring real power to the people of this country and away from the special interests and powerful corporations."
"Without fixing our broken system and taking power from the powerful special interests and returning it to the people of this country, it will be almost impossible to make progress on the issues that a..."
"this bill will return power to the people and restore our democracy. It will help us clean up the culture of corruption in Washington and focus on making sure our government works for the people of th..."
"Republican opposition to these reforms, as seen by the almost farcical arguments that we have heard during this hearing, is obvious because they benefit from this broken system."
"I want to associate myself with the remarks of Congresswoman Bass about the sort of very disappointing positions of two of our witnesses."
"H.R. 1--so much of what it is doing, frankly, is about restoring the legitimacy of government and the role of civic participation in young people's lives."
"A core component of H.R. 1 looks at partisan gerrymandering in our country, and ensuring that every voter and district is represented equally instead of carving out districts so that one party is favo..."
"Gerrymandering is a uniquely American phenomenon, and yet, H.R. 1 really goes a long way to prevent intentional manipulation of district lines for partisan advantage."
"And so that is why H.R. 1--so much of what it is doing, frankly, is about restoring the legitimacy of government and the role of civic participation in young people's lives."