Garret Graves: “I do appreciate that you all have taken steps, I do.”

I think that is fair, and I think they deserve it.

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

Congresswoman Peltola has been a big advocate and supporter in educating the committee and following in the footsteps of Congressman Don Young in advocating for that State.

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).