Rae Oliver Davis

This provision takes the transgressions outlined in Section 1013 and makes it retroactive, violating the privacy of those who have interacted with these agencies prior to the would-be enactment of H.R. 1.

I intend to vote for this amendment but this is what happens when a bill is rushed through to the floor.

Currently, 28 States have vote-by-mail programs, but these programs have been tailored to those States and their constitutions and their State laws.

The sheer fact that ballots were coming in after election day shows this process is ripe for possible fraud.

This amendment strikes section 1031. This section would require same-day voter registration for all Federal elections.

The amount of data that would have to be transmitted if H.R. 1 were to be enacted would be enormous and would only exacerbate problems that we have seen at DMVs.

Allowing Federal workers to take paid leave away from their jobs will impact that level of service the agencies they work for can deliver.

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

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

I would urge a 'no' vote on the amendment.

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

Rest assured this issue has to do with ballot harvesting.

Why in the world, then, would anybody who helped to write this bill say that that is the model that we should use to infuse billions of dollars into the coffers of campaigns of all of us sitting around this table?

I did not propose $500 million be spent. $500 million is authorized in this bill.

H.R. 1 is a prime example of the Democratic Party telling States that the Federal Government knows better than they do.

I think this shows--the debate we are having here today shows clearly that this Committee ought to have a hearing on ballot harvesting.

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…

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

But in any case, the remedy being urged on us by our friends on the other side of the aisle is the North Carolina model, which, in fact, did not help prevent the fraud.

All of you who said we didn't have enough hearings on the tax bill or the healthcare bill, hey, you were right.

That is why this amendment is so important. That is why this amendment is in order, and I certainly hope we can get many of our colleagues to support it today.

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

We don't need a free speech czar sitting over at the FEC.

Voter list maintenance is critical to keeping election costs down and lines at the polls short.

I am concerned that proposals like this will bring us back to the days of Florida during the 2000 election.