Robert P. Henri

I believe in governmental transparency and accountability and the system now has very little of either. People deserve to know what their government officials are saying, who's funding them and how the tax payers money is being spent. I also believe that more citizens from the working class should run for office and Project Due Course was designed to give them a tool that most agree we need to do to improve trust in our government.

I am not the most polished candidate. I am not the most connected. But I'm going to fight for the people who are under-represented and expose the dirty corners of Washington that try to hide from us. I will hold myself to a high standard, show the work, and publicly challenge anyone in Congress who refuses to act on what the American people have already said they want for decades.

My name is Robert Patrick Henri, and I'm running because I believe government should work for all people, not only for insiders, lobbyists, or the privileged class. Too often I hear people say that the system is too broken, too corrupt, or too protected to ever really change. I do not accept that.

I am not running because I think politics is a game. I am not running to preserve a broken system with better messaging. I am running because I believe the gentry need to stop ignoring their constituents and the will of the American people and be reminded that they're public servants. Corruption should be exposed, power should be checked, and the work needs to justify the expense (in 2025 the 565 members of Congress spent $1.34 Billion tax dollars on their personnel and office expenses and only passed 5 meaningful bills).

Supports a single searchable public database for congressional financial disclosures, faster posting of records, and meaningful penalties for disclosure violations.

Supports restoring independent investigative and enforcement authority able to obtain records, question witnesses, open investigations, and bring cases without permission from officials under scrutiny.

Supports stronger federal lobbying disclosure rules identifying who is lobbying lawmakers, what they are seeking, and whether disclosure rules are enforced.

Supports stronger whistleblower protections, serious investigation of reported wrongdoing, and penalties for retaliation.

Supports an enforceable ethics and misconduct system for Supreme Court justices rather than relying exclusively on self-policing.

Supports term limits for members of Congress.

Supports prohibiting members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office.

Supports requiring at least 72 business hours for Congress and the public to review bills before a vote, with additional review time for longer bills and a plain-language public draft.

Supports requiring independent commissions to draw legislative district boundaries rather than allowing elected officials to control the process.

Supports stronger financial accountability for the Department of Defense, including requiring the Pentagon to pass a clean audit.