So you will commit this morning to doing this and moving this up as a priority for these credits, 48(c), without the Congress having to move...
I want to turn back to that example to pursue that a little bit further.
we could sort of allow certain institutions to be able to escape the regulatory situation if they were to divest their banks
I would like to Dr. Chu, somebody I like and respect, just go out and knock heads, get this done.
vote by mail is secure.
Mr. Chairman, I would also like to submit for the record, we have put together--our State officials put together a history of vote by mail.
But, constitutionally, I do not think there is anything we can do to prevent them from doing it.
We don't take a back seat to anybody on this question of ballot integrity.
My sense is that the intelligence community does a good job collecting intelligence but has a harder time integrating it and analyzing it.
This wouldn't force anyone to vote by mail, nor does it require States to implement new voting systems.
But we have a 30-year successful history, and that is why I feel comfortable about coming before you and arguing that it ought to be expande...
the beauty of Senator Wyden's bill is it doesn't force the States to do vote by mail.
I think good government is in the Oregon chromosomes. It is why we participate so extensively in government.
In January of 1996, when I was chosen Oregon's first new United States Senator in almost 30 years, we had 66 percent turnout, Mr. Chairman.
Senator Wyden's approach is creative and a common sense way to give all voters across the country access to the convenience of voting by mai...
the penalties for voter fraud are severe.
So we have very substantial penalties--it is a felony if you sign somebody else's name to the ballot.
It seems that every four years, when we have jurisdictions around the country having substantial problems in protecting the franchise and em...
