[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      BETTER REFORM FOR THE PEOPLE

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, I am here today to speak out against H.R. 
1.
  When Republicans were in the majority, we reserved H.R. 1 for 
legislation that actually benefited the American people by putting more 
money in their pockets and growing the economy through the historic tax 
reform bill passed last year. Now here we are, under a new majority, 
planning to vote on a bill telling folks that their hard-earned 
taxpayer dollars will be going to a political candidate that they would 
never support.
  This bill goes too far and is nothing more than a power grab from the 
Democrats to try to ensure one-party rule. This socialist, top-down, 
one-size-fits-all election system violates States' rights, fails to 
criminalize fraudulent voter registration, and eliminates every 
American's constitutional right to free speech under the First 
Amendment.
  We do not need the heavy, overreaching hand of the Federal Government 
corrupting every single election across this great Nation.
  Madam Speaker, I have said it before and I will say it again: This 
legislation is not reform for the better, and it is not for the people.

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