With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of campaigns. I believe that by pulling back the curtain on the daily pressures faced by members of Congress, we can show the public how critical this reform is to the salvation of our democracy.

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American foreign policy needs to be driven by what will get results and what is legal, not by what satisfies our primal instincts of revenge.

We simply believe that we should lean into the world with something other than the pointed edge of a sword.

The most powerful force when changing people's hearts and minds is a person-to-person conversation.

Sympathy is important, but it rings hollow if not followed by action.

Our mental health system is broken, and we should fix it.

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