These reforms may not make headlines, but they are the most significant legislative changes in the operation of the FEC we have seen in 20 years.

Virtually everyone agrees these reforms would be good for the House and good for the American public.

Saving taxpayer dollars, cutting costs for the regulated community, and ensuring speedier resolution of cases are all a net gain for the voter and our electoral system.

I want to particularly complement the Chairman for the inclusion in this bill of three key and much needed reforms of the Federal Election Commission.

These reforms are the kind of legislation we should see more of from the U.S. House of Representatives.

I believe we have taken an important step towards improving our election process.

that is the dialog we have had all along. The fact is they wrote the bill, it was in it and they were not going to let it come out all along no matter what. It was the question of losing 1 square mile, not necessarily where it was, it was…

It is geography. But I also pointed out in the letter and to the folks on the committee that the amendment did not block in any way the application of the Endangered Species Act or other laws. I just wanted to keep the option open for…

Yes, more than several years ago I testified. I just said, perhaps the gentleman was not on the floor at the time, but I said it became apparent to us when we examined the final iteration of the maps.

this is both a substantive discussion and perhaps an illustrative and graphic one of the process that we are operating under. The substance is there is an exciting new technology by which we will be able to recharge satellites' batteries…

perhaps the chairman of the subcommittee was not on the floor when I indicated to him that this was something that came up when we got to maps that more precisely allowed us to more fully understand where the area was. I wrote a letter to…