Laurel Lee

This option is particularly important for voters who cannot travel to the polling station due to a disability or their health.

We must make voting accessible for veterans who have served our country and defended against these threats to American democracy.

The First and the 14th Amendment protect the freedom to vote for all Americans and bar States and localities from unduly burdening that right.

For these reasons, Mr. Chairman, I oppose the amendment.

There are two primary reasons that I would oppose this particular amendment.

I would just note that I believe the subject of poll worker recruiting and training is within the realm of things that are dedicated to our States who have the primary responsibility for administering our elections.

I will be voting against this.

If Republicans are serious about protecting the integrity of American elections, restricting access of foreign powers to non-public campaign material would have been at the very top of the list of priorities.

I would assert that this amendment is not germane to the underlying bill.

I encourage all of my colleagues to support this very important and sensible amendment.

Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order.

According to article I, section 4 of the Constitution, States have the primary role in establishing the time, place, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, while Congress has a purely secondary role and must…

I oppose this amendment, as I do not believe it is the appropriate role for the Federal Government to take in elections administration.

Millions of Americans are given only a single day--I think I expressed my concern that Alabama was one of four States that does not have any form of early voting.

I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this amendment, which is a sense of Congress to acknowledge the abhorrent language used by an elected official in Wisconsin.

The function of tabulating and certifying election results is something that is done by the States, and that I believe that this is not something that we should be including in the American Confidence in Election Act.

I do not believe this belongs as part of our American Confidence in Elections Act and would oppose the amendment.

It is incumbent upon every Member of this House to condemn racist rhetoric and attempts to disenfranchise voters of color by election officials.

By giving folks 14 days of early voting for a period of consecutive days, including weekends, beginning on the 15th day before the date of the election or even earlier at the option of the States, we provide flexibility.

I agree with John Lewis; the vote is sacred. We should acknowledge that.

This amendment helps to ensure working people have the freedom to vote without taking time off from work by making election day a Federal public holiday.

I would note that the Federal Election Commission is a bipartisan commission.

That is not what this amendment does. It simply says, let us see what works and does not work; let us make sure that if those States are transitioning to vote-by-mail or trying to improve their system, that we have a sense of best…

I would like to just highlight the provisions in the American Confidence in Elections Act that specifically relate to overseas and military voters to ensure that they know how to vote.

This amendment is not germane. Provisions of the amendment fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and Workforce.