Mary Gay Scanlon: “As I walked up the Capitol steps this morning, I was stopped by a reporter who wanted to know if it was a priority of…”

“As I walked up the Capitol steps this morning, I was stopped by a reporter who wanted to know if it was a priority of the Democratic Party to pass the Presidential Election Reform Act, which we will consider in the House this week. I was stunned by the assumption in that question that protecting the peaceful transfer of power in the United States of America could ever be a partisan issue. In fact, the legislation under consideration is a bipartisan bill. I don't care if you are a Democrat, a Republican, a conservative, a liberal, an Independent, if you love this country and believe in a government by the people, for the people, of the people, we all have an obligation to confront the dangers posed by radical extremists who would undermine our elections, abandon the peaceful transfer of power and the rule of law for their own personal or political gain. I look forward to working with my colleagues of all political stripes to strengthen the guardrails of our democracy and to support and defend our Constitution. ____________________”