[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ATTACKS ON DEMOCRACY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, we are in the midst of many 
elections, primary elections and ongoing to November 2022.
  I salute our election officials because what we saw yesterday in the 
January 6 hearings was appalling and disgraceful and an attack on 
democracy. From the speaker of the House of Arizona to the elections 
officers in Georgia, pain was exhibited from being violated, violently 
attacked by words, and threatened.
  I remember the words of the election official from Georgia saying: I 
don't even want to give my card out or give my name.
  Both she and her mother are targeted. These are just people who are 
Americans who want to serve their country. What an outrage.
  As we continue to listen to the January 6 proceedings, let us take 
them very seriously. Those who engage in this kind of outrageous 
behavior, an attack on the flag of the United States, must be held 
accountable.
  My heart goes out to the election officials and the speaker of the 
Arizona Legislature, whose daughter was sick while his house was being 
attacked.
  We cannot do any less than to hold those accountable, accountable 
because this is a disgrace to the American flag.

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