"Regrettably, however, today's hearing is not truly about only protecting and promoting election integrity but an effort at additional partisan posturing."
"If we truly care about deterring election interference, we would look in everyone's backyard."
"Focusing on ActBlue is about politics, pure and simple."
"I will just refer to that approach as 'malarkey.'"
"We all agree, ballot initiatives are a basic expression of our uniquely American expression of self-government."
"Federal campaign finance law bars foreign nationals from contributing or donating money in connection with a Federal, State, or local election."
"A company based halfway around the world made a sizable donation, interjecting itself, in hopes of future profits, into a political debate in Montana over mining and the quality of Montana's waters."
"Since the Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United decision, our campaign finance system, to put it lightly, has been broken."
"This year, one donor, one single donor, billionaire Elon Musk, spent at least $277 million of his own money backing Donald Trump and other Republican candidates."
"I do note, again, that it was the Republican members of the FEC who created the ballot-initiative loophole. They are now recommending we fix it. I agree. I think it was wrong when they made that decis..."
"I do want to--as I mentioned in my opening remarks, we all agree, again, foreign interests should have no say over the administration or outcome of American elections, that American elections--the dec..."
"I have introduced, along with Congressman Wenstrup, a bipartisan constitutional amendment to ensure the continuity of Congress."