Ted Budd: “on his 47th day as President, Joe Biden signed an Executive order directing the head of every Federal Agency to submit a…”

“on his 47th day as President, Joe Biden signed an Executive order directing the head of every Federal Agency to submit a plan for their Agency to promote voter registration and voter participation. The problem is that the order also mandates that all Federal Agencies partner with approved third-party organizations to provide these services on Federal Agency property across the Nation. Determining which third-party organizations will be approved, by whom, and based on what criteria is missing from the order. In spite of congressional oversight attempts and Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, the Biden administration has refused to release copies of these Agency plans. The prospect of the Biden administration writing their own rules and using taxpayer money to partner with liberal ``get out the vote'' organizations is wildly inappropriate. As a matter of principle, I don't believe that the Federal Government should be using official taxpayer resources to advance partisan politics. Further, mandating that every Federal Agency engage in election engineering on the taxpayers' dime raises serious ethical and legal concerns. Simply put, this Executive order is further weaponization of the Federal Government's power to boost one side of the aisle over the another. My amendment would defund this ethically and legally dubious scheme and restore faith in our elections. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.”