Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring before the House H.R. 2832, a bill to make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 52, United States Code. H.R. 2832 is yet another bill addressing a reclassification of the United States Code by the Office of Law Revision Counsel, and I am pleased to be joined in cosponsoring this notable bill by Ranking Member Conyers. It is only fitting that he cosponsor the bill recognizing the creation of a new title of the United States Code dedicated exclusively to voting and election laws. In 1926, when the organizational structure of the United States Code was established, no separate title for voting and elections was created. At that time, only two Federal statutory provisions relating to voting and elections existed. Since 1960, an extensive body of Federal statutory law relating to voting and elections has been enacted, including title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Upon enactment, each of these laws was incorporated into the existing structure of the Code in the most logical manner possible.…”