Resources
Good Governance

Letter to the Editor: Corruption is our enemy

Jul 09, 2020
Good Governance
In the News

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: CORRUPTION IS OUR ENEMY

To the editor:

When I heard a few months ago that several members of the U.S. Senate had profited greatly by selling stocks using “insider information,” I was upset. These lawmakers are not working for the benefit of the people who elected them. Not only are they enriching themselves by using insider information, but they are making laws that benefit the corporations they own stock in. No wonder people do not trust our government!

Whether you identify as a Democrat or Republican, left or right, this kind of corruption is the enemy of every one of us.

A new bill co-sponsored by our Congresswoman, Abigail Spanberger, would help correct that situation. H.R. 7200, nicknamed the TRUST in Congress Act, is subtitled, “To require members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children to place assets into blind trusts.” What this bill aims to do is to separate the ability to buy and sell assets from the Congressperson’s control.

Maybe there are issues that are nearer and dearer to our hearts right now, but wouldn’t it at least be nice to know that our government folks are not simply enriching themselves at our expense?

Rebecca Sue Rayburn
Louisa

Recent Posts

Jul 26, 2024
Local Issues

Following Spanberger Push, President Biden Makes Final Nominations to Fill USPS Board of Governors

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today released the following statement after President Joe Biden nominated Val Demings and William Zollars to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors. Last month, the Congresswoman pressed President Biden to swiftly nominate members to fill the remaining vacancies on the Board of Governors. “Virginians have suffered some of […]

Jul 25, 2024
Local Issues

Spanberger Presses CSX for Answers Following Fredericksburg Freight Train Derailment

Congresswoman: “The People of Virginia Deserve Nothing Less Than the Highest Standards of Safety & Accountability from CSX” WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today pressed CSX Transportation for answers after a freight train derailed and damaged homes in Fredericksburg, Virginia in Virginia’s Seventh District. On the evening of July 20, 2024, five cars from […]

Jul 25, 2024
Local Issues

On Floor of U.S. House, Spanberger Honors 15 Virginia Athletes Competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics

**DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO: On U.S. House Floor, Spanberger Honors Achievements of 15 Athletes from Virginia Representing the United States at the 2024 Olympic Games** WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger recognized the remarkable athletes from Virginia who will represent the United States in the 2024 Olympic Games […]