August Pfluger: “Tonight, Democrats are twisting the rules to pass a bill to nationalize our election system, allowing for hard-earned…”

“Tonight, Democrats are twisting the rules to pass a bill to nationalize our election system, allowing for hard-earned taxpayer dollars to finance political campaigns and handing control of congressional district boundaries to the powers that be in Washington, requiring States to allow felons to vote, and overriding wildly popular voter ID laws. To reference the President's disappointing speech yesterday, supporting voter ID or opposing this Washington power grab does not make you George Wallace or Jefferson Davis. That is nonsense. Americans deserve a President and a government that will lead us out of crises, not create them. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me just remind my colleagues that voter suppression takes many forms. Sometimes it is Republican State legislatures making it more difficult for people to vote. Sometimes it is members of bodies like this that, on one hand, brag about the record turnout in the last election but have been working overtime to try to nullify and to try to disqualify the votes of the people of this country. It is stunning. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record a July 2, 2021, U.S. News and World Report article titled ``Report: Republican-Led State Legislatures Pass Dozens of Restrictive Voting Laws in 2021.'' [From U.S.…”