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On the recordJune 28, 2024
With all due respect, our Constitution clearly states the administration of elections is in the province of the States. It is not for the Federal Government to use Federal agencies to coordinate with third-party partisan groups using taxpayer dollars in order to get out the vote for Democrats. The mission of our Department of Defense is to protect and secure our Nation, not to get the vote out. We encourage and want every member of the military who is an eligible citizen to vote in our elections. We do not want our taxpayer dollars used in a partisan way for a vote harvesting scheme conceived by the Democrats and by this executive order. First of all, this is mission creep. The Department of Defense has to focus on its very serious mission. This is germane. We are using taxpayer dollars and military members, people paid under the Department of Defense, to work on vote harvesting schemes, not on their mission of protecting the American people. I encourage all of my colleagues to vote for this amendment and make voting great again and make our free and fair elections once again possible in the United States of America. I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Minnesota has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr.…
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Claudia Tenney
Republican · New York
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Jun 28, 2024

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