“Mail-in ballots are inherently corrupt.”
“These reforms are urgently needed to stop the vulnerabilities that I've mentioned.”
“Hundreds of thousands of non-citizens and dead people are listed and active on the voter rolls.”

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On the recordJanuary 31, 1994
I find it difficult to defend spending American tax dollars on nations that block our initiatives and vote to oppose our values in the United Nations. ... if people really knew that we were giving their taxpayer dollars to nations that consistently, regularly, aggressively oppose the United States in the United Nations on positions that are important to our country, they would not believe it. This amendment would say if a country does not vote with us at least 25 percent of the time, that they would not get military assistance.
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The speaker addresses concerns about foreign aid and its alignment with U.S. values and interests.

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