Something big just happened in one of America's most infamous political battlegrounds. Something that stops big money from corrupting politics and puts power back into the hands of the people. Citizens need to take back their government and we've done that here until I ask you. The story of how they won should matter to every American because today we have a government that only listens to a tiny fraction of our population. It means that we get stuck with laws that are bad for us and good for them. It affects every issue at every level of government. It's rampant, systemic, and worst of all, it's legal. We cannot ignore this corruption anymore because there is no sensible reform possible until we end this corruption. It all started when a community in Florida decided to show America what is possible. They set out not only to protect their own government from big money's influence, but to create a model for communities across America to do the same. Corruption is an issue that the left and the right can come to an agreement on and work to affect change. Conservatives and progressives put aside their differences and got to work. The chair of the Florida Tea Party Network, the former president of the Florida League of Women Voters, the chairman of Florida Common Cause in a former County Commissioner, banded together to create citizens for ethics reform. We use the American Anti-Corruption Act as a model for what we did here in Tallahassee and I'm sure any other city or state could do the same. The American Anti-Corruption Act includes tough new lobbying and ethics rules to stop political bribery because bribery should be, you know, illegal. Transparency laws to put an end to secret money so we know who's really backing our politicians and attacks rebate for voters who make small political donations so we can elect politicians who haven't sold out to special interests. This is what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for youth that do have to fight too. Pulling all over the country shows that anti-corruption laws are incredibly popular. When they show up on the ballot, they win. You would just walk up to people and say, we want an independent ethics officer into Tallahassee and people were like, where do we sign? We needed a little over 9,000 signatures. We were able to get over 20,000. It's not so much convincing people to sign off on the petition. It was to convincing people that it was possible to do it. 67% of Tallahassee voters said yes to an ethics and any corruption code for city commissioners. Oh! Oh! 67% Tonight proved two things. One, that this issue of fighting corruption and making our government represent the people, it's not a liberal issue, it's not a conservative issue, it's an American issue, and we've proved it until I ask you tonight. And this is the beginning, because after tonight we are taking this victory and we are going out to other cities across the country until it reaches Washington and we pass it nationally and started here tonight. We came together to show America that we can take our country back from special interest, that if you're willing to fight for it, the promise of a government of buy and for the people is not only possible, it's happening right now. That's why we need your help. Pass this video on to your friends, your colleagues, your family. If we put aside our differences and work together, we can pass anti-corruption laws from coast to coast and give America back to its rightful owners, the people.