Taking on Corporate Special Interests
New Hampshire needs a Senator who puts working families and the middle class first, not billionaires and giant corporations. But for too long, our politics have been dominated by the wealthy and powerful. Chris is running a people-powered campaign and taking on corporate special interests – all without taking a dime of corporate PAC money.
Chris took on Big Pharma to lower the cost of prescription drugs, finally allowing Medicare to negotiate for lower prices, cap insulin costs at $35, and limit out-of-pocket costs for seniors. When unaccredited, for-profit “claim sharks” were exploiting veterans and military families by charging exorbitant fees, Chris wrote the bill to toughen penalties for scammers and hold these corporate bad actors accountable. Chris has also led the fight in Congress to clean up deadly PFAS contamination and hold corporate polluters responsible for poisoning our water with these “forever chemicals” in communities like Merrimack.
Chris knows we must get dark money out of politics and put power back in the hands of the people. He supports overturning Citizens United, requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors, and putting an end to Washington’s revolving door – including a lifetime ban on former Members of Congress lobbying for foreign governments.
Public service is a public trust, and Chris stood up to his own party to support legislation that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks and getting rich off of inside information. He successfully led the effort to force a vote on the House floor, despite resistance from both parties’ leadership.
In the U.S. Senate, he will continue to stand up to corporations and take on special interests to do what is right for New Hampshire.