"We should be doing everything we can to expand access to the voting booths and to the ballot."
"This bill is another attack on eligible voters of color disguised as fraud prevention, which this Committee has shown no evidence exists."
"Voter fraud is virtually nonexistent in American elections. No evidence has been presented through these series of hearings."
"Rather than preventing fraud, this bill is truly an attack on the rights of voters."
"The system is notoriously unreliable."
"I think we all agree that post-election audits are an important tool to help ensure the accuracy of our elections."
"However, I have serious concerns about the bill before us today."
"We should not be effectively barring them from participating in an audit."
"If my colleagues are going to allow Federal dollars to be used to conduct the audits described in the bill, they should allow State and local election officials to participate in conducting them and s..."
"I will be offering an amendment, Mr. Chair, shortly, that would do all of that. Failure to adopt that amendment would, in my view, lead us to vote no, and I would urge my colleagues to vote no on H.R...."
"The amendment that I am offering makes clear the very real potential for post-election audits to be abused by those willing to deny the outcome of an election, spread false information about our elect..."
"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 integ..."