Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from Illinois for those kind comments. Go Tigers. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this bill that instead of being called For the People Act should be called ``For the Politicians Act.'' Let's take a look at some of the provisions of this bill that involve a Federal takeover of the elections process. First of all, section 5111 of the bill will allow billions of dollars of taxpayer money to be funneled into political campaign accounts. That is your hard-earned dollars, in many cases, going to fund a candidate for office that you oppose. Think about that. Now let's look at section 1402 of this bill, Mr. Chairman, where they allow felons to vote. Let's take, for example, a State that might have a law against felons voting, heavily debated in the State, where they are allowed that ability to set their laws enshrined by the Constitution. Here comes the Federal Government telling a State, for example, that if somebody went to Federal prison for voter fraud, they now have to let them be involved in the political process and vote, even though their own State law prohibits that person who was a felon for voter fraud. One thing we can't even get an answer on--and there are many, unfortunately--we can't even get an answer on the cost of this bill.…”