[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REFORMING THE ELECTORAL COUNT

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support the 
Presidential Election Reform Act which is long overdue.
  As I stand in the well, I can still see the images of January 6, 
2021. I can hear the gunfire. I can hear and see the directions of our 
very able Capitol Police to tell Members to hit the ground. I can see 
the banging on the doors.
  Thank goodness this act will reform the electoral count to ensure 
that Congress counts the votes as required by the Constitution, 
including by ensuring that Congress receive a single accurate electoral 
count certificate from each State--no phony electors as evidenced by 
President Trump's attempt to bring down this Nation.
  Requiring that the States select electors to accomplish this in 
accordance with State law existing as of the last election, it will 
reaffirm that the Vice President's role at the count is ministerial, 
raise the objection threshold to one-third instead of one person, one 
Member, and limit the explicit constitutional grounds upon which 
Members may object to a State electoral vote. They will list the 
explicit constitutional grounds. There will be order to the process.
  This is a democracy admired around the world. We must defend this 
democracy, and we are defending it by voting today on the Presidential 
Election Reform Act. This is what we should do, the Presidential 
Election Reform Act.

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