Senator Ted Budd | Senator Ted Budd Official photo
Senator Ted Budd | Senator Ted Budd Official photo
In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) urged the chamber to pass the Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act. The proposed legislation aims to prohibit federal agencies from using taxpayer funds to implement or enter into agreements with partisan organizations that conduct voter mobilization activities.
The bill faced opposition and was blocked by Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA).
Senator Budd expressed his concerns during his speech, stating: “I do not believe that the federal government should be using official taxpayer resources to advance partisan politics.”
He further commented on the transparency of the Biden-Harris administration, saying: “Congress has attempted to conduct oversight on this order. And citizens have filed Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. The Biden-Harris administration has released only a tiny fraction of these agency plans. In at least one instance, the administration redacted every single paragraph of an agency plan leaving only vague headers. So that begs the question… What does the Biden-Harris administration have to hide?”
A video of the exchange is available for viewing.
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