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Senate. I want to commend congressman John Sarbanes for being such a tremendous leadership in integrity and government, by working this issue for a long time. Then became h. R. 1, when the democrats had the majority in congress. Andas been one who has seen heard from the public how concerned they are about the role big, dark money in politics undermines their confidence that congress can ever act to lower Prescription Drug prices, to protect our environment. The list goes on and on. Because of that big dark money. So his role as chair of the Democratic Reform Task force and lead sponsor of h. R. 1 is to be commended for anyone who wants reducing thet only role of money in politics, but restoring the confidence of the American People in what we do here. I also want to acknowledge the leadership of madam chair, the chair of the House Administration committee, did he do lofgren. She is a zoe lofgren. She is a champion, a brilliant legal mind, that we call upon in many arenas areas here. A
President of colombia here as our special guest, president uk. Hes not pensively with washington, d. C. Hes been here for 14 years off and on and he got some of his graduate degrees here from American University and George Washington university. Hes trained as a lawyer and is working as well at the Interamerican Development bank where he served as a senior officer in the cultural area and also special advisor to the president of the bank on colombia. He was elected in june of 2018 and assumed his office in augus. He will make some opening remarks and then following that i will come up and preside over some questions and then have anybody here who wants to ask a question be able to do so. We will go and tell exactly 9 30. Everything is on the record, and so please when you do have a question standup, identify yourself, your affiliation and then asked the question, not a long statement. That would be appreciated, and one question per person would be appreciated. Okay, its my honor to do
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House Democrats have endorsed and co-signed a sweeping election reform bill that will expand voting rights.
Democratic Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., announced all House Democrats have endorsed and co-sponsored H.R. 1 or the For The People Act Of 2021.
According to House Democrats, the bill will create automatic voter registration and ensure those who have committed felony offenses have their voting rights fully restored. The bill would also expand access to early and absentee voting by simplifying voting by mail. The bill will also prevent voter purges, will end partisan gerrymandering, enhance federal support for voting system security, and will increase oversight of election system vendors.