Sen. Klobuchar i call to order [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2021] senr [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] sen. Klobuchar i call to order this hearing on s1 the for the people act. Today we are here to consider the for the people act, legislation that im honored to lead with senator merkley and majority leader schumer, which has been cosponsored by every democratic member of this committee. I would like to thank senator blunt, our colleagues, and our witnesses for being here today. I would also like to acknowledge in addition to senator merkley two of our other members who are new to this committee and are new to the senate. Senator ossoff, who along with senator warnock were elected in georgia, where we know election issues were front and center. As well as senator padilla, who has his own extensive experience with these issues from his time as california secreta
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[indistinct chatter] sen. Klobuchar we really appreciate our second panel. I will mention who they are and swear them in and then give them their righteous and rightful introductions. So with us today is the honorable trevor potter, the former republican chair of the federal Election Commission who is here to testify for the bill. The honorable lee goodman, former republican chair of the federal Election Commission, who will be on the other side, against the bill. The third is fred wortheimer, who i believe has been working on these issues for 50 years. We will let him tell us that. We also have with us the honorable bradley smith, former republican chair of the federal Election Commission. And then tiffany muller, the president of end Citizens United. The purpose of this second panel is to focus on the Campaign Finance and ethics portions of the bill, where the first panel was focused on the vote portions of the bill. So if the witnesses could stand, including our remote witnesses, so
Our secretary who helped us put everything together today. To eliminate background interference, all panelists and presenters are asked to mute themselves when not speaking or waiting to present. At this time, it is my honor and privilege to welcome commissioner sascha bittner. Im pleased about this appointment. Commissioner bittner is our first designated representative from the disable community. Commissioner bittner is well known activist and advocate for the disabled community. We look forward to gaining her perspective. I would like to ask commissioner bittebittner to say a few wordst this time. Commissioner bittner hi everyone. Im very honored to be selected. As the first disabled commissioner, ive been a long time advocates for over 30 years. Im on the public governing board. I also do lot of work for domestic workers. Im on the budget of audit committee. Excitemented to ge im really excited to get to work. President knutzen thank you very much. I know that i had the privilege o