Paper and risk-limiting audits really are the gold standard of election security and will address the national emergency our Nation faces.

The biggest vulnerability we have is--can you imagine if in 2020 we have the votes actually changed because of insecure voting systems? That would be a catastrophe for our country.

The security of our national elections is a national concern and a national emergency.

I know darn well that Mike Gianasi is going to run the fairest election possible. He wants every vote to be counted.

You know, the one thing that every American should know is, when they go in, they cast their ballot, that that ballot is counted as cast.

We ought to shoulder that responsibility if we are--we should not require a 25-percent match.

These mandatory paper ballots--again, I alluded to--what technology may exist in the future to help us lessen the lines in polling places?

This bill that the majority has proposed clearly doesn't do that.

Election security should not be a partisan issue, and I am, frankly, disappointed that our majority chose not to work with our Republican colleagues.

It is disappointing for the American people, who deserve a bill that allows them to trust in their election system and have their votes preserved and protected.

Let's stop playing games. If we were sitting down and talking about how to solve this problem in a bipartisan way--and, again, the Democratic Majority did not live up to the promise that they made to the American people, that they wanted…

H.R. 1 fell flat in the media and with public opinion.