Millions of Americans are given only a single day to vote: Tuesday.

I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, as a proud member of the House Committee on Armed Services and the Representative for critical military installations in Alabama, I take very seriously my responsibility to ensure…

we must recommit ourselves to the ideal that every American should have a voice in our democracy.

I support Ranking Member Morelle on setting up such a commission and naming it after Frederick Douglass.

Today we are taking up a bill, the ACE Act, that would suppress vote versus allowing people to vote more freely.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

What D.C. needs is statehood.

We must end this madness. The fact that this particular bill would allow people to question eligibility and do so indiscriminately is a problem.

The poll-worker shortage creates serious problems for our democracy.

This amendment would ensure that no person other than a State or local election official is able to challenge an individual's eligibility to register to vote unless that challenge is supported by a personal knowledge.

Without a doubt, we are at a great inflection point in our Nation's history.

the First and the 14th Amendment of the Constitution protects the fundamental right to vote, including the right of all Americans to vote safely and accessibly.

Nobody should have to wait in line for hours to exercise that fundamental, constitutional right to vote.

This amendment would modify the ACE Act's ban on the use of Federal funds for elections in States that permit community ballot collection by creating an exception for voters with disabilities.

Washington, D.C., has the right to political self-determination.

The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

For centuries, African Americans were systematically denied the opportunity to pursue a higher education, build wealth, and achieve financial independence, leaving behind a painful legacy of discrimination that persists to this day. Let us…

It used to that be, under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act... had to seek permission from the courts before they could implement new voting laws.

Voting rights and ensuring and expanding access to the franchise should not be partisan.

The 2020 election was the most secure election in U.S. history.

I mean, we heard it right here when we talk about the Georgia election. You know, if lack of ballots, if missing power cords that led to 3-plus hours of wait time, purging over 53,000 voters, lack of training for the staff to help them…

Instead of a lack of confidence in our elections, the American people are worried about backsliding toward autocracy.

For far too long that has not been the reality of our electoral process.

I am so honored to represent them since I grew up in the Black Belt, yes.

As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Shelby decision undermining the Voting Rights Act, we must recommit ourselves to the ideal that every American should have a voice in our democracy.