Tulsi Gabbard

We'll see where it goes in the Senate.

We've heard a lot of talk coming from leaders from both parties, but no action has been taken.

That to me is the most obvious way that people are going from being elected and having no money and you make, what, 160 grand a year or whatever the salary is now, to literally becoming multimillionaires.

That is the most obvious way.

There are stringent requirements of financial reporting that every member has to do certainly at least once a year, more often if you are actively trading in stocks.

I think it would be a little hard, not impossible, but a little hard if somebody is just coming and bringing you a sack of cash.

It's not to say that like, you know, I mean, I don't know.

This is not a real life example, but, you know, I don't know.

Could a lobbyist go and pay the tuition for your kid to go to a fancy private school?

Maybe.

I... A few things.

I...

At a really young age, I experienced two very formative things.

One was, and the most important, was that I felt that I was happiest when I was doing things for other people.

and trying to be of service.

And, you know, whether it was like, you know, our family used to go and like make a bunch of plates and feed homeless people in the park every Sunday.

You know, I grew up around the ocean and learned how to, like the first time I learned how to swim was in Ala Moana Beach on the island of Oahu.

And so me and my friends would go and we'd pick up trash off the beach on the weekends.

You know, something as simple or little as like help pushing someone else into a wave in the surf and just watching the joy on their face.

It made me happy when I could do things for other people.