Public Campaign Praises Rep. Larson, Four Other House Members for Leadership on Fair...

Public Campaign Praises Rep. Larson, Four Other House Members for Leadership
on Fair Elections Now Act

HARTFORD, Conn., May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Public Campaign issued the
following statement from its President and CEO Nick Nyhart thanking Rep. John
Larson (D-Conn.) and four Connecticut U.S. House colleagues, Reps. Rosa
DeLauro (D-Conn.), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Jim
Himes (D-Conn.), for their leadership on H.R. 1826, the Fair Elections Now
Act:

"By sponsoring the Fair Elections Now Act, Rep. John Larson, chair of the
House Democratic Caucus, has demonstrated a commitment to lead Congress and
America toward elections that focus on voters, not big money donors. Rep.
Larson has seen the success of Connecticut's Citizens' Election Program and is
holding up the program as a model for the nation. In the same way that
Connecticut's Citizens' Election Program has ended the campaign money chase,
so too will the Fair Elections Now Act free Congress from constant fund
raising. Public Campaign applauds Reps. Courtney, DeLauro, Himes, and Murphy
for joining their colleague as co-sponsors of the Fair Elections Now Act. They
recognize full well that the time they must spend fund raising takes hours
away from serving constituents and dealing with the pressing issues -- like
health care, clean energy, and creating jobs -- they must address."

The Fair Elections Now Act was introduced by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and
Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Reps. Larson and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) on March 31,
2009. It would establish a system of small dollar contributions and public
financing for congressional campaigns, freeing candidates from taking special
interest dollars and the expectations that often accompany them.

Based in Washington, D.C., Public Campaign is a national non-profit
non-partisan organization dedicated to sweeping campaign reform laws that aim
to dramatically reduce the role of big money in politics.

SOURCE Public Campaign

Rick Bielke of Public Campaign, +1-202-293-0222