[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1021-H1022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  MAKING OUR DEMOCRACY MORE ACCESSIBLE

  (Mr. ALLRED asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

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  Mr. ALLRED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1, the For 
the People Act.
  As a former voting rights attorney, I have seen firsthand the 
devastation on the faces of Americans when they are denied their 
ability to make their voice heard in our elections because they missed 
an arbitrary deadline or have shown up to their old polling place. It 
is heartbreaking, and it is not who we are as a nation.
  With today's vote on the For the People Act, we, as a Congress, have 
an opportunity to affirmatively expand access to voting. This bill 
would do so by allowing for automatic and same-day voter registration 
and establishing a national early voting period, while also enacting 
key reforms that will make our elections more secure and that will 
ensure Americans and only Americans take part in them.
  I am proud that two bills that I introduced, the Know Your Polling 
Place Act and the Shell Company Abuse Act, which would make our 
democracy more accessible and more secure, are included in today's 
bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to return political power to 
everyday Americans and to vote for this legislation.

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