James T. Tucker

Preserving the fundamental right to vote for all Americans is what brings us together in this hearing.

But like so much of these sorts of gains, they are fleeting and they can go away at the whim of an election official who just simply chooses not to follow the law.

All of us suffer and our elected government has less legitimacy each time an American Indian or Alaska Native is prevented from registering to vote or being turned away at the polls.

Their testimony showed that first generation barriers to voting are not only alive and well, but they are in fact the dominant theme of Indian Country.

That conclusion simply does not reflect reality in Indian Country.

First generation barriers are those that limit access to registration, casting a ballot, or having that ballot counted.

What we are really talking about here is that many of the barriers that exist are things such as the National Voter Registration Act that were originally put in place to facilitate the administration of elections, but far too often, rather…

It is ironic because all of us thought when the National Voter Registration Act was enacted in 1993 that this problem was resolved.

The problem that we experience with the natives in particular is that oftentimes the National Voter Registration Act may be complied with in form, but it is not being complied with in its spirit because language assistance is not being…

I did not support the balanced budget amendment, but, thank God, we live in a country where I can say that democracy had its will and its way. As to the reasons why I did not support it, they are precisely because it did not prohibit…

What better guarantee can we give our senior citizens that Social Security will be taken off the table? This is not the better guarantee... Let us take action not on a mere symbolic commitment, not on a mere symbolic one, Mr. Speaker, like…