{"id":29152,"date":"2026-01-22T12:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29152"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:57:36","slug":"news-sen-ossoff-recognized-for-leading-efforts-to-stop-corruption-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/news-sen-ossoff-recognized-for-leading-efforts-to-stop-corruption-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Sen. Ossoff Recognized for Leading Efforts to Stop Corruption in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is being recognized for leading the fight to stop corruption in Washington, like passing a bipartisan bill to ban Congressional stock trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Sen. Ossoff received an \u201cA+\u201d rating on End Citizens United\u2019s 2026 Anti-Corruption Scorecard for his leadership fighting corruption in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking office, Sen. Ossoff has led the charge to fight Washington corruption, from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/news-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-bill-to-ban-congressional-stock-trading-passes-key-senate-committee\/\">passing<\/a>&nbsp;a bipartisan bill to ban Congressional stock trading and introducing legislation to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-introduces-legislation-to-get-corporate-money-out-of-politics\/\">ban corporate PACs,<\/a>&nbsp;to his investigative work&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/senate-panel-presses-federal-prisons-director-atlanta-corruption\/story?id=87419059\">exposing abuses<\/a>&nbsp;in Federal prisons and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2024\/04\/09\/new-report-blasts-georgias-foster-care-system-after-anf-investigations\/\">Georgia\u2019s foster care system<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn a Republican-controlled Congress that prioritized billionaire tax breaks, corporate giveaways, and attacks on the freedom to vote, Senator Ossoff used his voice and votes to draw a clear line,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cHe opposed legislation that ripped health care away from millions, fought efforts to weaken voting rights, and voted against handing more power to predatory banks and corporate polluters. By rejecting corporate PAC money, Senator Ossoff has shown his independence is real and he is accountable to constituents, not special interests. That combination of principled votes and refusal to be bought is exactly what an A+ anti-corruption record looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endcitizensunited.org\/end-citizens-united-scorecard\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read more from End Citizen\u2019s United.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is being recognized for leading the fight to stop corruption in Washington, like passing a bipartisan bill to ban Congressional stock trading. Today, Sen. Ossoff received an \u201cA+\u201d rating on End Citizens United\u2019s 2026 Anti-Corruption Scorecard for his leadership fighting corruption in Washington. Since taking office, Sen. Ossoff has [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29152","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29153,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29152\/revisions\/29153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}