Joe Morelle

The work did not stop there.

I mean, I was seeing my officers go through some intensive battling on the west front.

I do not know. What do you--why do you speculate?

If they had followed their emergency authority, and they had deployed the quick QRF, we could have had close to 200 National Guardsmen--men and women here fairly quickly.

If we are going to do that, we should at least note the obvious that each of the members of three-person board were appointed by Republicans, not by Democrats.

House Democrats immediately got to work. The work started with the Speaker immediately ordering a nonpartisan forward-looking and comprehensive security view of the Capitol and its support agencies.

I assume that you chose not to because it is easier to speculate on the conversation rather than ask him to testify.

They have worked at undermining the confidence of Americans in our elections along with the entire democratic system.

After the 2020 election, then President Trump and his team planned, directed, and coordinated a scheme to create false electoral slates and transmit those slates to Congress and the National Archives.

I note that the bill in question prohibits third-party funding for the administration of our elections.

What happened to self-determination? What happened to those at that level being able to make judgments about how to run their elections?

This would allow individuals to designate a trusted individual to be able to cast their ballot for them.

Notwithstanding, it still seems to me that, under the bill that you have asked us to consider, Federal funds would be prohibited to be used in those States where individuals could be tapped by an Active Duty military personnel to help them…

I will just make the point again that we appreciate the study and all the language dedicated to our commitment.

The amendment would help ensure Active Duty servicemembers have the freedom to choose how to return their voted ballot.

This amendment does help them make sure that they also fulfill their responsibilities and protects their rights to vote.

It is essential we recognize and respect children of our servicemembers, ensure they are able to make their voices heard in our democratic process.

I would appeal the ruling of the chair.

I am incredibly proud of the fact that Frederick Douglass... is buried in Rochester, New York.

Until you have full access to the ballot, every single right that we possess is in question and in danger.

This bill in front of us, the ACE Act, would, in fact, reduce or eliminate Federal funding for any State, like New York, that chooses to allow senior citizens to get help and others to get help when they submit their ballots through the…

Voters who live in nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, assisted-living facilities, likewise, commonly struggle to make it to polling places due to health issues, physical health issues, or lack of access to adequate transportation.

Abortion rates are essential to democracy. Threats to democracy are intimately intertwined with attacks on reproductive freedom.

The Supreme Court's decision last June in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which ripped away the fundamental right to bodily autonomy for women in the United States, sets this country on a dangerous backslide in its commitment…

I have no objection, Mr. Chairman.