Colin Allred

Our democracy is at risk and it’s under attack.

I think we need to understand that the courts are not going to save us.

I think it`s the right idea. And we talked about this before, Jonathan. I don`t think there should be a substitute for making it easier to vote in the first place.

Well, I respect Senator Manchin. I`ve spoken with him before about what`s happening here in Texas. But he`s wrong that the government is just going to be able to stand behind every voter and these laws are not going to have an impact.

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I am here today to talk about the foundation of our democracy: the right to vote and why we must protect it. I want to begin just by telling a little bit about me. My story is somewhat…

Before I give my speech on voting rights, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Correa). Honoring the Life and Memory of Manuel T. Padilla

I thank the gentleman from New York for his words. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities against Members of the United States Senate…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this should be a bipartisan vote. The right to vote has been reauthorized, and the Voting Rights Act has been reauthorized overwhelmingly by bipartisan majorities in this House, and…

Had those officers not held that line. I would not have met my son Cameron.

The mask is off really since the big lie and even before that. The mask is off. Whether it is Rand Paul saying that we basically shouldn`t help people who can vote, vote.

I`m always going to say that I`m opposed to gerrymandering. And that I think that voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around.

Well, it`s just not happening, Jonathan. This is something that -- that we`ve been talking about for some time. That we all know that this is just a mask to try and restrict the right to vote using the threat of voter fraud or the idea…

You know, in Texas, I really feel like across the country, you know, Republicans shouldn`t fear people coming out to vote. We should just have our elections. Let, you know, the chips fall where they may.

Donald Trump was just in Dallas a couple of days ago saying the election was stolen from him and pushing the big lie again here in Texas.

I think he feels very strongly about voting rights. He’s a former secretary of state. He recognizes some of the things that are happening in the states around the country to try and subvert elections.

Yes, well, you know, we`re not being asked to count bubbles on a bar of soap or jelly beans in a jar but we have seen this before. We`ve seen the use of these election boards to try and make it extremely difficult for certain folks to vote.

Well, you’re right. I’m on the foreign affairs committee, and I have been doing some traveling now coming out of COVID. And all around the world our allies and our strategic partners are wondering if our democracy is going to hold. And…

I trust the president of the United States. I trust our speaker to deliver this.

I think we are still on track to do that. The big goal is still within reach.

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I wish senators would stop talking about the House and maybe we could stop talking about the Senate. We have our own business to do here, and I think it`s critical we do.

I`ve told my caucus not only is this policy and these incredibly important policies on the table, but really American democracy is on the table.

I think we should focus more as everyone has said and as you have said on the policies that are transformative.

It is not based on trying to vet any kind of fraud. There was no fraud in Texas in the last election.

President Biden said it well when he said that those marines died for defending our vision and our values.