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Hawaii’s voters are increasingly concerned that corruption is deeply embedded in America’s political culture. In order to help restore public trust and fiscal transparency, I have been working to help lessen the corrupting influence of money in government, control spending on political campaigns, and eliminate financial barriers to attaining office. During the 2006 Legislative session, I introduced SB2902, which, if enacted into law, would have imposed tough lobbyist disclosure standards by requiring electronic filing and public access to on-line reports, and empowered the State Ethics Commission to initiate investigations of violations. I am an advocate of clean elections initiatives at all levels of government.


Editorial on lobby reform