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On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
I come to the floor today to oppose the Democrats' Federal election takeover. The President just gave one of his rare press conferences. It was only the second one he actually gave on American soil. The White House seems to think that the cure for Joe Biden's poll numbers is more communications from Joe Biden. And the press conference went on for 1 hour and 54 minutes. The White House doesn't have a communications problem. It has an agenda problem. The American people understand exactly what President Biden and Senator Schumer and Speaker Pelosi are trying to sell. The American people aren't buying it. Democrats don't need a message reset. They need a better agenda for the Nation. What we are about to vote on tonight has nothing to do with the priorities of the American people. It has nothing to do with coronavirus. It has nothing to do with 40-year high inflation numbers which are biting into the paychecks of the American people. It has nothing to do with the crisis at the southern border, where 2 million illegal immigrants have crossed the border this year--criminals among them, drug smugglers among them, gang members among them. It has nothing to do with what has driven the President's approval numbers to an all-time low of 40 percent, which it is today in the Gallup poll. The Democrats' No. 1 goal, which they stated at the beginning of the Congress, is to pass a Federal takeover of elections. An election takeover bill was the first bill they introduced.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Jan 19, 2022

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