I don't believe even the colleagues that lost those elections came back to ask for an appeal.

Risk-limiting audits are really the gold standard of post-election audits.

But the reality is that it is highly, highly monitored.

Voter-verified paper ballots are the solution that really address the risks and threats that our Nation faces.

Voter-verified paper ballots are the best way to ensure a voter's ballot is counted as cast.

Nobody thinks that connecting voter systems to the internet is a good idea.

We simply cannot be sure that our elections are free from outside interference unless we have an auditable paper trail that we can use to confirm reported election results.

I oppose this amendment striking the mandate for paper ballots, because striking the mandate would completely undermine the bill and the security that we are trying to achieve.

I know that you mentioned, Director, that CRS is the foremost resource for Members of Congress.

I think I was hearing that you are both interested in taking a look at that and seeing how can we improve that, and I appreciate that.

There has always been a policy of nonpartisanship, but now I think there seems to be a concern--maybe this is more in the Law Division--of one of neutrality.