Nasa Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2021

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Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend Mr. Davis of Illinois for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, Democrats have a scheme to take over elections, and it has taken a very disturbing turn. The Federal takeover of elections bill is masquerading as what was a noncontroversial NASA bill.

The Constitution, Mr. Speaker, is clear: State legislators alone determine the time, place, and manner of elections, period.

Voter participation, Mr. Speaker, over the past 20 years has enormously increased; it is well over 70 percent at this point because States have implemented policies assuring easy access while maintaining voter integrity to the best of their ability.

Nevertheless, Democrats want a Federal takeover of all elections. This plan legalizes ballot harvesting nationwide, bans voter ID laws. Does America hear that? Prohibits the ability to ask for an ID to vote. Somehow that is in the interest of our election integrity. I don't think so.

It allows noncitizens to vote, Mr. Speaker, and imposes new mandates on all precincts, regardless of their size or resources. Perhaps most egregiously, they want to provide millions of dollars in taxpayer funding for campaigns.

Under this new taxpayer scheme, the American taxpayer would give our Speaker of the House $22 million and a whopping $44 million to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for his campaign.

Americans can't get COVID tests, hospitals are being overwhelmed, businesses can't find workers, and this is the focus, to blow up the Senate filibuster and seize control of all elections to secure future Democrat majorities.

Let's vote ``no.''

Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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