Debbie Lesko: “I thank my good friend, Mr. Cole, the ranking member of the Rules Committee, for yielding me time to speak on this most…”

“I thank my good friend, Mr. Cole, the ranking member of the Rules Committee, for yielding me time to speak on this most important issue. Mr. Speaker, I tell those of you who are here today and throughout America, this is a terrible bill. I have to tell you, the more that I read about it, the more that I study about it, the worse I think that it is. First of all, it is a total overreach of the Federal Government into States' rights. In this bill, the majority didn't even consult with the secretaries of States and the election officials throughout the entire country to see if they even liked it. And so you are mandating to the States how they should run their elections. Not only that, it is mandating to the States how they should run redistricting. Now, in the State of Arizona, the voters of Arizona set up a redistricting commission and determined how it should be run. But in this bill it says, no, no, it shouldn't be up to the State. It shouldn't be up to the voters. We know better here in Washington, D.C. how to do your business. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.”