Todd Tiahrt: “Washington is broken and it needs to be changed. This rule is poorly devised and the underlying bill is poorly…”

“Washington is broken and it needs to be changed. This rule is poorly devised and the underlying bill is poorly conceived. This bill did not go through the committee process, it is unprecedented and it violates the intent of the rules of the House. Why is this important? Well, the American people would not allow the Democrat leadership to cancel the next election. The American people would not allow one person to determine who our next President is going to be; but on a smaller scale, that is exactly what has happened on this bill. The Speaker of the House has determined what is in this bill, not the appropriate committee. An election was cancelled. There was no vote. The representatives of the people did not have a voice in this process. We did not have any committee hearings. This is not the democratic process. Washington is broken and it needs to be changed. The rule accepts this violation of our own House rules, that's why I ask my colleagues to vote 'no' on this rule because Washington is broken and it needs to be changed.”