Barry Loudermilk

If you don't need it, then discard it.

One thing I want to bring up that is homogeneous when it comes to campaign elections, Mr. Speaker, we live in an independent, diverse society where local governments are the greatest authority over the people. This is a takeover by the…

Had the government gotten in the way of the internet, we would still be using dial-up today to do a lot of what we are doing.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Can you hear me?

I have a readout from the House Rules Committee meeting on H.R. 3005 recorded June 28, 2021, at which time the Joint Committee on the Library chair, Zoe Lofgren, announced her approval of the Kansas longstanding request to update their…

Prior to the organizing of the current Joint Committee on the Library, Ranking Member Rodney Davis and I sent a letter to the Joint Committee on the Library to demand immediate action on North Carolina's pending request to replace the…

To the gentlewoman from California, I am prepared to close if she is. I reserve the balance of my time.

I include in the Record the official 10- step Architect of the Capitol statue removal and replacement process. This process was established in the 2000 omnibus and further defined in 2014 and requires coordination between the State, the…

I have a document which is the chart of every State's request that is currently in the process of getting a statue replaced. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record a timeline of the Joint Committee on the Library's organization for this…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from California has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining.

It is refreshing to know that there is so much we actually do agree on in this Chamber, because the things that my good friend from Texas just said, we agree on, and we have agreed on since Abraham Lincoln was the President. Madam Speaker…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 8 minutes remaining.

I appreciate the very passionate words that we have heard here today. And as I said in the beginning, we on this side of the aisle not only agree, but we have been advocating for these very things for quite some time. In fact, as far as…

I include in the Record a letter to the Joint Committee on the Library Chair Lofgren requesting organization consideration of North Carolina's statue and reopening of the U.S. Botanic Garden. House of Representatives, Committee on House…

I thank my friend and colleague from North Carolina for managing the opposition to this. Look, it is simple. The reason we are here today is to debate the Democrats' latest episode in their anti-financial technology agenda, but also their…

voter ID laws are very popular and really an important safeguard for election integrity and the confidence of voters in the election process.

80 percent of Americans support voter ID, and that did not surprise me in the least.

the integrity of our elections should be paramount as we exercise our role on this Committee to oversee the Federal elections process

every lawful vote be counted and that every qualified voter is able to vote safely

the propensity for poorly maintained voter rolls to undermine public confidence in election results

I rise, not only in opposition to this bill, but in strong opposition, especially to the attempt to nationalize our Federal elections, and the notion that people like Joseph Kirk, of Bartow County, Georgia, the elections superintendent…

It may be a novel idea, but I stand firmly against Federal overreach in the constitutional responsibilities of State and local governments. Unfortunately, H.R. 1 flies in the face of our Governors, our secretaries of state, our local…

I appreciate you and the other agencies addressing that, and I think that is an illustration of how we can put partisanship aside and do what is best for the American people

I just encourage you to continue speaking the truth and you'll always stand up head and shoulders above everyone.

It just seems to be a trend in Washington, D.C., to never let a crisis go to waste.