I think actions speak louder than words, so I’ve tried to make my own positive changes. I set limits on giving when I first became state controller and was cleaning up an office engulfed in scandal. I voluntarily did not take money from those doing business with the state pension fund, which is rightly now a national ban. I pushed legislation to make the controller’s office a trial run for public financing in New York. I felt it was important to tell New Yorkers that their watchdog was holding himself accountable. I believe we should have this for all statewide and state legislative elections.