Joe Morelle

We should maintain this spirit of bipartisan support through all of this.

It should be equipped with the funding necessary to meet its mandate and the evolving needs of our election officials.

Every American must be able to cast their ballots, freely, fairly, and securely, and to have their vote counted as cast.

Our elections environment is constantly changing. Election administrators deal with ever-evolving cybersecurity threats and the rapid spread of mis- and disinformation.

The work we do now laying a bedrock of education about the voting process, strengthening partnerships among Federal, State, and local governments, will further bolster voter confidence under the 2024 Presidential election.

A trusted clearinghouse of information and resources such as the EAC is invaluable to providing voters with resources they urgently need.

We want it to be as good as it can be. We want to it to be great. This is the people's House.

Why do we serve? It is not for the glory. There is no glory in serving on this board.

In all these years of OCE, 15 years, 52 Democrats, 52 Republicans.

We had a Republican Member come in not very long ago and said to us, everybody knows that OCE is prejudice against us Republicans.

If men were angels no Government would be necessary, if angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on Government would be necessary.

If men were angels no Government would be necessary, if angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on Government would be necessary.

No one is above the law.

I remain committed to fighting against corruption for my years of work to hold judges accountable for sexual assaults to my work as a Member of the Appropriations Committee ensuring appropriate use of taxpayers' funds.

It is clear that ensuring ethical conduct here in the House has never been more important.

I ask that all Members of this Committee to take the opportunity during this hearing to join Representative D'Esposito and me in publicly calling on a bipartisan basis for Mr. Santos to resign.

The election was stolen, absent any information, that does not bolster voter confidence.

I would say also that there was no evidence that that happened in 2020 despite the numerous claims of the former President.

I have not heard any evidence that there is widespread fraud which would cost or which would have caused disenfranchisement of voters.

Did Joe Biden win the 2020 Presidential election? Yes.

Every single Republican witness this Congress has answered... they have all said yes.

Indeed, the people fomenting this crisis in confidence are, first of all, former President Trump and his supporters in Congress.

The American people think many things, but they have not had their confidence in our elections shaken.

Today's hearing reminds me of that well-worn Yogi Berra quote: It is like deja vu all over again.

These concerns are not fanciful. The repetition of lies and misinformation about our elections directly led to an insurrection on our Capitol.