Celia Israel: “I again want to commend the chairman, the gentleman from Oklahoma, and the gentleman from West Virginia for their…”

We're living at a time in which the folks who are running this country are denying election results and using tools like this to tamp down the vote and discourage the vote.

I claim the time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

I hope this instance highlights the sacrifices we`re willing to make for the cause of democracy. I would not change anything to protect the right to vote.

We have such an array of public health and science emergencies: we have Zika; we have Ebola; we have public health emergencies; we have pandemics, epidemics. Now is the time for us to recruit the best and the brightest in the scientific…