Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, Executive Order No. 14019, allegedly promoting access to voting, is an effort to divert Federal resources to partisan politics. This dangerous executive order instructs a wide range of agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Small Business Administration, to engage in voter turnout operations. Worse, it instructs agencies to partner with approved third-party organizations to assist them in their voter registration and other election-focused efforts. Who will approve these organizations? What criteria will be used? The executive order doesn't say. Congress has never granted the administration any authority to approve such groups or specified any criteria for doing so. This executive order is illegal. We all know how this will play out. The Biden administration will partner with groups focused on mobilizing Democratic voters. The executive order instructs agencies to let these groups use Federal property to conduct their voter registration initiatives with the assistance of Federal employees. The use of Federal resources may free up their other resources for more nakedly political operations elsewhere. Attorneys general in 13 States wrote to President Biden in opposition to this executive order. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”