"This bipartisan bill would designate the Spotted Lanternfly as a high priority research and extension initiative."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for gathering us together for this markup, which consists of a series of eight separate measures dealing with election law."
"I urge my colleagues to heed Mr. Buck's call to restore their party's credibility with the American public by ceasing the baseless insinuations and the constant undermining of the results of the 2020 ..."
"Indeed, the record of this Committee, as I indicated, and the hours and hours that we spent, there is no evidence of significant voter fraud in 2020."
"House Democrats believe that taxation without representation is undemocratic and contrary to our Nation's founding principles."
"The claims upon which this bill is based are baseless."
"I think my majority colleagues want to distract from the unpopular, restrictive, anti-voter policies they are trying to force on District residents."
"One of our Republican colleagues from Texas, Congressman Roy, recently noted he knows of not one, quote, 'material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done,' end quote."
"The residents that live in our Nation's capital should be able to fully participate in our democracy."
"This is one of the provisions from the ACE Act which we consider extremely partisan and we also believe is a blatant attempt to disenfranchise voters."
"Requiring voter registration applicants to provide proof of citizenship... prevents eligible citizens from registering to vote at alarming rates."
"Adding a proof of citizenship requirement disproportionately prevents otherwise eligible voters of color, young voters, low-income voters, elderly voters, and voters without stable housing from regist..."