Garret Graves: “We need to be talking about something that is rational, something that is science based, and we are not.”

Closed primaries, he said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I want to publicly thank Representative Hoyle for her work on the bill. It is a great bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Ezell).

In closing, naming the House Press Gallery after Frederick Douglass is going to honor his commitment to the free press, his legacy, and his work reporting on the official business of Congress. I urge support of House Resolution 137, and I…