on "The beat."
>> Oh, thanks for having me.
>> You see it there, the
contrast between what the
president as a candidate ran on
and the swamp that exists today.
What does your bill do?
>> Well, let's start with the
fact that the trump
administration is the most
corrupt presidential
administration in living memory.
But the problem is not just with
trump.
We've had a problem going on for
a long time about the influence
of money in Washington.
You know, we've talked about
campaign finance reform.
And boy, this is a big part of
it.
But there is so much more.
There's so many other ways that
money makes its way felt.
You picked up some of them.
The fact that people in congress
actually own individual stocks
and trade on those stocks on the
one hand while they're doing
policy on the other hand that
influences the value of those
stocks it's just not right
because the American people say,
wait a minute, who were you
working for?
Were you working in the public
interest, or were you just
working to line your own pocket?
My bill puts an absolute stop to
that.
My bill requires that people
release their taxes.
Anybody wants to run for federal
office, then their taxes will be
released by the irs.
And every year that you're in
federal office your taxes will
be released.
The American people have a right
to know where you're getting
your money from.
These are just basic things.
I have to tell you, when I was
putting this bill together, this
is a big bill.
It's a sweeping bill.
And yet there are whole parts of
this that I think there are
people around the country who
say, wait, what, you mean that's
not already the law?
>> Right.
>> You mean those guys can spin
through the revolving door and
while they are elected
officials, while they are
cabinet officials, while they
are president of the united
States, they can be dealing for
their own deck instead of for
the public interest.
So that's what this bill's
about.
It's big, it's got a lot of
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