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I strongly support cracking down on stock trading by members of Congress and making sure no public official can use their position to enrich themselves.

I voted no because I will not support making it harder for eligible Americans to vote in order to pass an ethics reform that should stand on its own.

I remain ready to work across the aisle to strengthen our ethics laws and crack down on congressional stock trading, without using that effort as a vehicle to rewrite our nation’s voting laws.

Justice for the victims does not require creating unnecessary threats to our national security.