Since it was first introduced in 2006, Louise has been a proud sponsor of the STOCK Act- a bill to outlaw insider trading in the halls of Congress. After working for 6 years to gain support for the STOCK Act, Louise was proud to see the bill signed into law by President Obama on April 4, 2012.

Louise has also authored numerous reports detailing corruption and the influence of special interests in Washington. In 2006, Louise led an investigation into the influence of special interests in Washington, and published a report titled, "America for Sale".

She also led a lonely fight against military contractors who were supplying sub-par body armor to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. She organized her own hearings, wrote letters to the Secretary of Defense, and prodded the Department of Defense to launch a full-scale audit of their body armor contracts. Thanks to Louise's efforts 16,000 pieces of body armor were recalled from the battlefields, and just last year, the Department of Defense issued recommendations to improve their system for purchasing body armor, and ensure our troops receive world class protection while they fight for the country we love.

Recently, Louise has been leading an effort to hold the Supreme Court accountable to the same standards of behavior as every other federal justice. Louise has called for the Supreme Court to adopt the Code of Conduct for United States Judges- a binding code that currently applies to every federal justice except the 9 members of the Supreme Court.

Louise believes that in America, no matter the title you hold, nor the power you yield, you should be equal in the eyes of the law. It is the ethic that drives her work on these important issues of accountability and transparency, and her motivation to continue the fight to hold Washington accountable to the American people and the people of Western New York.