Debbie Lesko: “This bill also removes any protections from using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. That is right here in this bill.…”

“This bill also removes any protections from using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. That is right here in this bill. This bill, as Representative Cole also said, federalizes elections. In fact, it prohibits States from requiring voter ID. Arizona requires voter ID. This bill would take that away. It also legalizes ballot harvesting. Arizona opposed--the legislature said no ballot harvesting. This would bring it right back, right here in this bill. Again, it would also provide tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires in blue States that require taxpayers in low-tax States, like Arizona, to subsidize them. That is why we can't support this bill. There are too many poison pills. Please come up with something that we can agree on to help the American people. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Before I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, I just want to say a couple of things for the Record. I guess the new Republican tactic--if anybody watched the debate yesterday--is to try to twist and turn and confuse people. The gentlewoman implied that this somehow defunds police. I mean, there is $436 billion in here to provide assistance directly to State and local governments to support the police. If my friend was so interested in supporting the police, she should know that the bill that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell brought up provided no money for State and local governments. I mean nothing.…”