Sarah McBride

As I mentioned earlier, I have been able to introduce more bipartisan bills than any other freshman legislation.

I was the first freshman to introduce legislation.

It was legislation protecting people across this country from these so-called credit repair organizations that charge these large upfront fees on false promises.

and end up doing nothing to actually repair a person's credit score.

That's a bipartisan bill I introduced one week after getting sworn in.

I've introduced legislation supporting small businesses, upholding human rights internationally, legislation that expands workplace protections for folks who are out on family leave.

We've been able to introduce legislation protecting Delaware farmers and lowering the costs for consumers at the grocery store.

I mean, and we've been able to get real investments for...

my constituents, both investments, tens of millions of dollars in investments to critical projects here in Delaware, but also part of my job is doing constituent advocacy, the individual Delawareans who reach out to my office to get help with a tax refund or a veterans benefit or a social security check.

And in a year, we've gotten $4 million back to people.

All of this comes together person by person, policy by policy to not only deliver tangible things for people,

But in so doing, help to maintain people's faith that democracy can still deliver for them, that government can still work for them.

And while it's not enough, and while I certainly want a Democratic majority in November elected so that we can do big things, in this moment, we can't give up.

on the possibilities for progress that are before us, even if they aren't grabbing headlines.

Because I think in this moment, the problem, one of the problems in our politics is that we have a trust and a faith deficit in one another and in government's capacity to do anything for the public good.

And in this moment,

If we are to fight for democracy, if we are to fight for a system of government that is of the people and by the people and for the people, then we have to maintain two things.

One, our faith that politics can be a force for good and progress, because in the absence of that, we turn to a politics of of anger attainment.

and maintain our belief in one another.

Because democracy can only exist if we maintain our faith in other people's capacity to change.