[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4988]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  COMMENDING THE KING STREET PATRIOTS

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the King Street 
Patriots, a Houston political watchdog group, for being given the 
esteemed Ronald Reagan Award at the February meeting of the 
Conservative Political Action Conference.
  The King Street Patriots started the True the Vote initiative in an 
attempt to uncover voter fraud in the greater Houston area. In their 
investigation they discovered unimagined levels of voter fraud, from 
vacant lots with registered voters to election judges helping voters 
with their ballots.
  This is a movement made up of ordinary citizens who realize that 
voter fraud is one of the most egregious offenses under our 
Constitution. The King Street Patriots are now lobbying the Texas 
legislature to strengthen election laws and prevent future abuses.
  Free and fair elections are essential to our democracy, and the King 
Street Patriots have shown an impressive commitment to civic duty, and 
I applaud their efforts.

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