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Contact: Sam Quigley,,sam@patrioticmillionaires.org

"H.R. 1 is Exactly What This Country Needs Right Now"

"As a wealthy political donor, I've seen firsthand just how much our political system is designed to cater towards people like me at the expense of poor and middle-class Americans."

WASHINGTON

Today, in response to House Democrats announcing the details of House Resolution 1, a sweeping anti-corruption bill that will be the new Congress' first priority, the Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires Morris Pearl released the following statement:

"H.R. 1 is exactly what this country needs right now. The American people are sick and tired of billionaires controlling our government while their stooges in Washington do everything they can to rig the system against normal people. This bill will finally try to fix that.

As a wealthy political donor, I've seen firsthand just how much our political system is designed to cater towards people like me at the expense of poor and middle-class Americans. This country's politics are broken on a fundamental level, and we're not going to be able to fix anything until we fix our democracy. I'm glad that House Democrats realize that these issues deserve to be their No. 1 priority, and I hope that Republicans in the Senate and White House will do the same."

The Patriotic Millionaires is a group of high-net worth Americans who share a profound concern about the destabilizing level of inequality in America. Our work centers on the two things that matter most in a capitalist democracy: power and money. Our goal is to ensure that the country's political economy is structured to meet the needs of regular Americans, rather than just millionaires. We focus on three "first" principles: a highly progressive tax system, a livable minimum wage, and equal political representation for all citizens.

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