Whether it's a Wall Street executive or gun lobbyist, Katie is willing to call out BS when we see it. She wrote to you yesterday about her passion for good government oversight and how it makes a difference in people's lives. You can check out that message below.
When I first ran for Congress in 2018, some political consultants asked me "what I was running on." They listed a standard set of issues in which I was supposed to choose from—healthcare, LGBTQ+ issues, abortion rights—you get the idea.
I'm going to run on good oversight and consumer protection, I told them.
Oversight is often about the gap between what politicians say at a press conference and what actually happens. That means overseeing the Pentagon and holding the defense industry accountable when it wastes taxpayer dollars. It means overseeing my colleagues when they trade stocks based on what we learn in private briefings. It means overseeing Big Pharma companies when they price gouge and mislead patients.
I didn't think 'running on oversight' was a crazy idea. Oversight is a powerful tool, and even before I got to Congress I had seen that firsthand. In 2012, I was appointed by then-Attorney General of California Kamala Harris to be California's Independent Monitor over the Big Banks. She had secured an $18 billion settlement from the banks whose predatory lending practices had caused the 2008 mortgage crisis. It was my job to oversee and hold the banks' feet to the fire to make sure California families actually got the money they were owed.
I'm proud to have made effective oversight one of my priorities in Congress. I even stuck it on my minivan license plate!
Now, I'm taking our fight to the U.S. Senate so I can hold powerful corporations and leaders of both parties to account. But I can't do this alone. Can you chip in $5 today to help power our campaign?
Thanks a ton!
KP
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