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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…

The rights protected by the First Amendment are at the core of who we are as Americans--freedom of religion, freedom of the press, our right to protest and to petition our Government.

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

banning noncompete agreements is estimated to raise wages by over $200 billion each year.

This amendment is not germane to the underlying bill.

This amendment helps to ensure working people have the freedom to vote without taking time off from work by making election day a Federal public holiday.

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.

The Attorney General of the United States sat right where you are sitting, and he could not run away fast enough from this.

He said it was a gross abuse of Department authority.

When you treat your own people as slaves--and that is what they are doing--you are an evil regime.

I find that extremely troubling, Mr. Long. Extremely troubling. Not a good start.

I would just like to note that for the record.

I think that the era in which institutions, sports leagues, businesses, when they say with regard to Communist China that, 'We leave the politics to other people. We do not take any position on issues,' I think that time has passed.

When you treat your own people as slaves--and that is what they are doing--you are an evil regime.

Let us talk about some of the money that you have taken from Communist China, speaking of sportswashing.

I think that the era in which institutions, sports leagues, businesses, when they say with regard to Communist China that, 'We leave the politics to other people. We do not take any position on issues,' I think that time has passed.

When you imprison millions of people in concentration camps for the purpose of eradicating their religious beliefs and killing them--and that is what they are doing with the Uyghurs--you are an evil regime.