FACT CHECK: Congressman Pappas Has a Proven Record of Taking on Corruption in Washington and Fighting for Ethics Reforms
MANCHESTER, N.H. — A top Republican dark money group today announced that it’s launching its first TV ads falsely attacking Congressman Chris Pappas’s record of taking on corruption. The truth is that Congressman Pappas has a proven record of fighting for long-overdue ethics reforms in Washington and standing up to the corporate special interests that his Republican opponent, John Sununu, is running to serve. Pappas doesn’t take a dime of corporate PAC money, led efforts to ban members of Congress from stock trading, and pushed for tougher regulations on Big Tech.
“Dark money groups are attacking Congressman Pappas because they know he will take on corporate special interests and end the corruption that is running rampant under Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans,” said Chris Pappas for Senate spokesperson Gates MacPherson. “While Congressman Pappas is fighting to lower costs and make Washington work for hardworking families, John Sununu is running for Senate to serve the same corporate special interests that made him millions after he left office as Granite Staters paid the price.”
Get the facts below:
FACT: Chris Pappas is Fighting to Bring Reform to Washington and Shut the Revolving Door on Political Self-Interest.
- Pappas doesn’t take a dime of corporate PAC money and broke with Democratic House leadership to support a ban on congressional stock trading.
- Pappas supports the No Getting Rich in Congress Act, which would strengthen reporting requirements for lobbying to ensure members of Congress and their spouses aren’t engaging in shadow lobbying.
- Pappas is a cosponsor of the Restore Trust in Congress Act to prohibit members of Congress and their spouses and dependents from owning or trading stocks.
- Pappas introduced the bipartisan Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now (CLEAN) Act to codify the Office of Congressional Ethics, now called the Office of Congressional Conduct, the only independent internal watchdog that probes ethical breaches in Congress.
FACT: Chris Pappas Has Repeatedly Stood Up to Big Tech Companies Like Amazon.
- Pappas supports the PRO Act, which Amazon trade groups lobbied against and would strengthen workers’ ability to form unions and bargain for better conditions by holding employers accountable, expanding collective bargaining rights, and ensuring fair union elections.
- Pappas voted for antitrust legislation that would hold Big Tech accountable.
- Pappas cosponsored legislation to ban companies from using AI to set prices based on Americans’ personal data.
FACT: When John Sununu Was in the Senate, He Voted to Serve Corporate Special Interests at Granite Staters’ Expense and Then Saw a Surge in His Personal Wealth.
- Sununu voted to give Wall Street a $700 billion taxpayer bailout, then got paid by a company propped up by billions in bailout funds.
- Sununu voted four times against lowering prescription drug prices, then invested up to hundreds of thousands of dollars‘ worth in Big Pharma stock.
- Sununu repeatedly voted for billions in tax breaks for Big Oil, then cashed in at the largest lobbying firm in Washington that made millions from Big Oil. Now Sununu is profiting off of higher gas prices that are a result of Trump’s war with Iran.
- Sununu has seen a “surge in his personal wealth” since leaving office, the bulk of which he acquired by “working for a lobbying law firm in Washington, D.C., and sitting on the boards of large companies.”
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