The Freshman Class (of Congress)

U.S. Representatives-Elect Max Rose (D-NY 11th), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ 7), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ 11) discuss their priorities as they prepare to take office.

"We can’t just put criminal justice reform in a silo…. If you are for keeping cops safe, if you are for spending our public money effectively, then I think you do have to be for this type of common sense criminal justice reform," says Congressman-elect @MaxRose4NY.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 12, 2018

"Making Republicans look bad doesn’t actually advance the needs of the people in my district… we just can’t have these cycles where we get great legislation passed and then we spend the whole next cycle fighting over it," says Congresswoman-elect @MikieSherrill #NJ11.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 12, 2018

"I don’t think there is a single, thoughtful Republican in my district that thinks it’s a good idea to have dark money from other countries coming into America to influence our politics. Ethics form, campaign finance reform is absolutely a bipartisan issue," says @Malinowski #NJ7

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 12, 2018

From left to right: Congressmembers-elect @MaxRose4NY (#NY11), @Malinowski (#NJ7) and @MikieSherrill (#NJ11) join us in @TheGreeneSpace now. Check out the live stream here: https://t.co/hjMV4fsVR4 pic.twitter.com/ZirbFA3Nwh

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 12, 2018

"This was a triumph, this election, for civic society, for democracy in America, to restore our hope that if we work really, really hard we can make this country better and if we keep it up we’re actually going to be a stronger Democracy than we were before Trump," @Malinowski.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) December 12, 2018