Sarbanes Statement on Sixth Anniversary of Citizens United Decision

Statement

Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) issued the following statement today on the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision, which gave wealthy donors and well-connected special interests even more power over American politics and government:

"Six years after the misguided Citizens United decision, everyday people of all political stripes and backgrounds have come together to take back our government from Washington insiders and wealthy special interests. In places like Maine and Seattle, voters have endorsed citizen-funded elections, and around the country, polling data shows that strong majorities of Democrats, Independents and Republicans want similar reforms for Congressional elections. I'm confident that in the years ahead, we'll see even greater momentum and energy building at the local, state and federal levels to fight the corrosive influence of big-money politics and return to a government of by and for the people."

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