Rae Oliver Davis

we need to identify and attack hidden project costs by streamlining the project delivery process.

this bill, surface reauthorization bill, will allow the Federal Government to continue its longstanding role in infrastructure investment.

we must also begin to prepare for the future.

They want to get things done. And that is really where I think this committee can rise above, and this subcommittee can rise above the partisan politics.

The sheer facts are right now, we have 21 million more people on SNAP benefits today than when the last time unemployment was this low.

you can choose to look the other way, but you can never again say that you did not know.

It is wrong. This bill is wrong. This process is wrong.

Yes, Madam Chairperson.

Now we are going to ask the taxpayers to fund the campaigns of people who probably disagree with--that they are going to fund elections of people they possibly disagree with.

I appreciate the Chairperson's diligence and patience, and I promise no one behind me will be fired for it.

This amendment strikes section 1502. This provision requires the use of paper ballots in Federal elections.

Democrats boast that H.R. 1 is for the people. Yet they are failing the people by not doing their due diligence to ensure that H.R. 1 will protect each American's vote.

The Secure Elections Act was a bipartisan bill and is the model we should be adopting in the House.

Early voting works for diverse populations. That is why I believe it is under attack in some States.

I just believe the States can do a better job of tailoring voter access to their people than big government bureaucracy can.

This provision is at best inviting mass confusion and disorder at polling locations across the country and at worst inviting election fraud.

This is a political message meant to help drum up support for what have you in the electoral process, and it is very frustrating to me.

I am not comfortable with any President naming a partisan FEC.

I appreciate my colleague from California, Mrs. Davis' concerns about money and politics.

the more we found out that more people in this Nation today distrust politicians and government officials in Washington, D.C., than ever before in the history in this country.

Heck, you outraised us $374.9 million to $114.9 million.

Rest assured this issue has to do with ballot harvesting.

Look, I get it. The Democrats running for Congress weaponized small dollar donors through platforms like Act Blue.

I think it is a great process. But we have to make sure there are safeguards in place.

My colleagues across the aisle insist that H.R. 1 is their serious effort for election reform but they are imprudently rushing to get this 571-page bill to the Floor without ensuring the Committees of jurisdiction have time to properly…