I would assert that the amendment is not germane. It adds a criminal penalty, which falls within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order.

The Agencies wasted valuable time and resources by prioritizing the promulgation of a rule over the first two years of the Biden Administration; that is now clearly unlawful.

Letter from Sam Graves, Chairman, H. Comm. on Transp. and Infrastructure and Scott Perry, Chairman, Subcomm. on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Mgmt, H. Comm. on Transp. and Infrastructure to The Hon. Pete Buttigieg…

I oppose this amendment, as I do not believe it is the appropriate role for the Federal Government to take in elections administration.

Notably, this Administration ignored our repeated admonitions that the Agencies should wait until the Supreme Court acted to proceed.

If Republicans are serious about protecting the integrity of American elections, restricting access of foreign powers to non-public campaign material would have been at the very top of the list of priorities.

there are two primary reasons that I would oppose this particular amendment.

I do believe that this is the introduction of an entirely new subject matter that is not germane to the underlying text of the bill.

the American Confidence in Elections Act actually seeks to discourage the practice of ballot harvesting.

Millions of Americans are given only a single day--I think I expressed my concern that Alabama was one of four States that does not have any form of early voting.

For these reasons, Mr. Chairman, I oppose the amendment.

The First and the 14th Amendment protect the freedom to vote for all Americans and bar States and localities from unduly burdening that right.

I would just note that this proposed amendment is another effort at provisions related to ballot harvesting.

One of the great opportunities in the American Confidence in Elections Act is that, when we know best practices...

The American Confidence in Elections Act is designed to provide States with the tools that they need to identify best practices as they relate to elections.

What is unethical is being apologists for the corporate greed that is fleecing our communities.

I would note again that this type of voting, to involve ourselves in the methods and process of voting in the States, is an improper use of our Federal authority.