Joe Morelle

This bill directly contradicts those principles. It strong-arms local jurisdictions and mandates extreme partisan restrictions.

I admit, looking at this bill I am confused about the guiding philosophy of the modern Republican Party.

Requiring voter registration applicants to provide proof of citizenship... prevents eligible citizens from registering to vote at alarming rates.

Congress has the obligation to protect the electoral process and the American taxpayer and ensure that any post-election audit which utilizes tax dollars meets the highest standards of rigor and integrity and that taxpayer dollars are not…

I think my majority colleagues want to distract from the unpopular, restrictive, anti-voter policies they are trying to force on District residents.

House Democrats believe that taxation without representation is undemocratic and contrary to our Nation's founding principles.

First, to my colleagues on Appropriations' Legislative Branch Subcommittee, Mr. Amodei as well as my longtime dear friend Mr. Espaillat, I thank them for their hard work. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 4364 because it…

Having previously supported the initial contract and extension, I will support this resolution as well this morning.

This is a great opportunity to make sure the Federal Election Commission is able to operate.

I would certainly like to work with you to make sure that we bring this up in the full House as soon as possible.

I am supportive of the policy which the Commissioners I think communicated to us just last week and indicated it was one of their highest priorities.

I think this is a critically important bipartisan bill to ensure the FEC can continue to use one of its most effective tools to carry out its mission, which is so important to the American public.

I think that is missing from the current appointment process and, frankly, makes little sense, and this legislation changes it.

This bill does that, setting up a bipartisan, bicameral commission to select the Architect and establishing a succession plan.

I am grateful to you and grateful to be able to work together to develop and introduce this piece of legislation.

I am grateful we are moving forward on this resolution which, as you said, ensures the House rules are consistent with statute and clarifies the jurisdiction of the House Communications Standards Commission.

We should celebrate when we are doing work, and I want to thank the bipartisan staff who worked to effectuate and clarify changes.

I wonder if any of you have had a chance to come across the volume, if you had any thoughts about it.

We are working on legislation to direct NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) to improve its weather radio coverage and ensure it extends to areas at risk of tsunami like the one I represent.

In the days and weeks following the violent mob's attack and ransacking of the United States Capitol, House Democrats immediately got to work.

Nor did he say anything about the restrictions that the memo had placed on the deployment of the National Guard should they be requested.

An armed and violent mob attempted to forcefully disrupt the peaceful transfer of power and subvert the will of the American people at the behest of an increasingly desperate former President.

I think it is important we have a fuller picture of what the House majority did in the aftermath of the attack, particularly for those who seem to have developed a case of collective amnesia.

I want to thank Chief Sund not only for being here today to offer testimony, sir, but also for your service to the Capitol Police and to our country.

I had waited so long for Mr.--the approval from the Capitol Police Board, both Mr. Irving and Mr. Stenger.