Bringing Integrity And Expertise To Congress - Above the Law

"What's happening right now in Pennsylvania will determine the next two years - and perhaps two decades - for lawmaking, oversight, and government ethics and accountability."

"Congress should check Executive Branch overreach. Many of my friends are former federal employees who were driven out of the Justice Department and other federal agencies since Trump's second inauguration. These lifelong public servants - nonpartisan attorneys who served for decades between Democratic and Republican presidents and attorneys general - were for the first time pressured to compromise their integrity and instructed to carry out partisan, even unlawful, orders."

"Thousands across the federal government quit or were fired, as Trump weaponizes the historically apolitical Justice Department against his enemies. And citizens must protect themselves from government, rather than being protected by it."

"So last year, I started thinking, What if I helped reshape Congress? ... I've spent the past four years working with or fighting against spineless members of Congress who don't understand their oversight responsibility; don't recognize their power, even in the minority, to hold lawless judges accountable; and lack the motivating personal experience to act on some of the most pressing issues of our time."

Pennsylvania’s political results are expected to determine the direction of lawmaking, oversight, and government ethics and accountability for the next two years and possibly two decades. Congress is described as needing to check Executive Branch overreach. Federal employees are portrayed as being pressured to compromise integrity and follow partisan or unlawful orders, leading to resignations and firings. The Justice Department is characterized as being used against political enemies, undermining its historically apolitical role. Citizens are framed as needing to protect themselves because government protection is failing. A former federal prosecutor, Ryan Crosswell, is cited as an example of someone who resigned after pressure to drop public corruption charges.

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