"Tell me, tell me that this is something that we should put through to the American people that is going to nationalize our election processes."
"What H.R. 1 will do would codify that we will have more registered voters in so many more census tracks."
"That is why we need to have more hearings. That is why we need to have a better process."
"They want to send a political message. They don't want to govern."
"That is not what the American people want, and we still--I mean, this is the reason why we have got to slow down."
"This is a great debate. America's election system, as I think everybody in this room can attest, can always be improved."
"Introducing one-sided election reform is not the way to create positive and effective change for our Nation's election system."
"I cannot support H.R. 1 in its current form because of those."
"I just find it hard to believe the average American taxpayer is going to want the taxpayers to create a political candidate's ATM."
"Now I am understanding why, when we tried to abolish the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to put $370 million-plus into paying down the debt or pediatric cancer research 2 years ago, that this Comm..."
"We need another government program to put more money into politics with no limitations?"