[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 6, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E15-E16]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SUPPORTING THE 2020 ELECTORAL COLLEGE OBJECTIONS

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                             HON. BOB GOOD

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 6, 2021

  Mr. GOOD of Virginia. Madam Speaker, first, I want to thank the 
incredible men and women serving as U.S. Capitol Police for their 
dedicated efforts to keep everyone safe and to secure our Capitol.
  On January 3rd I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. 
The lawlessness that broke down our Capitol doors today is a reminder 
of just how sacred our duty is to uphold the rule of law. I want to 
extend my thanks to my colleagues who join me in continuing the 
constitutional duties of Congress and having this debate tonight with 
civility and without fear.
  Tonight is about more than the 2020 presidential election; it is 
about all future elections, and Congress doing its constitutional duty 
to ensure election integrity, and not accept electoral votes from 
states with sufficient evidence of fraud that has not been fully 
investigated, and whose state legislators did not ensure the law was 
followed or ensure the integrity of their elections.
  This challenge is not uncharted territory or a new exercise, as 
Democrats have objected on this floor to every recent presidential 
victory by Republicans, most recently challenging the electoral votes 
for 10 states following the 2016 presidential election, with their 
primary justification being the phony Russian collusion charges.
  What is unprecedented about this presidential election is first, the 
number of people who believe the election was stolen, second, the 
amount of evidence that indicates fraud and other violations of 
election law that has not been investigated, and third, the number of 
members who are objecting to some of the electoral votes, a number not 
seen since 1876--or 144 years.
  The 2005 bipartisan commission headed by Jimmy Carter and James Baker 
warned of this type of widespread voter fraud through illegal aliens 
voting, not requiring identification verification, and mass voting by 
mail.
  These three issues clearly facilitate the compromise of election 
integrity.
  Yet, there have not been any evidentiary hearings to even consider 
these allegations of voter fraud.
  Georgia is one of the most egregious examples of violations of legal 
election procedures to the degree that it almost certainly determined 
the outcome of the election allegedly decided by a mere 12,000 votes.
  The legislators in Georgia failed to protect and ensure the integrity 
of their election.
  We, the Congress, are the forum for the voices of the American 
people. It is our responsibility to evaluate the validity of these 
electoral votes and to either accept them as legitimately cast or 
reject them as questionable or unreliable.
  It is my judgment that the electoral votes submitted by the state of 
Georgia are unreliable and therefore should not be accepted.

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