Joe Neguse actually said...

"Not only is ex-offender disenfranchisement wrong and anti-democratic in and of itself, many of these laws were deliberately designed and--admittedly at the time--designed to entrench white supremacy."

"H.R. 1 also aims to end voter intimidation, the dissemination of deceptive voting information about times and places, and other voter suppression tactics."

"It also closes the shadow lobbying loophole and requires that those who provide legislative, political, and strategic counseling services in support of someone else's lobbying activity is also require..."

"So we want to make sure to the maximum extent possible that each American when they vote for whoever their representative is has the same opportunity to cast that vote."