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Karen Moscow (0:37)
We consider how they vote and the actual mechanisms through which people can vote, what they would need to provide to be able to exercise that key element of democracy. That is something that is the subject of debate right now on Capitol Hill as Republican lawmakers are pushing various pieces of legislation intended, as they say, to improve the integrity of elections in America. One such effort is being spearheaded by Congressman Brian Stile of Wisconsin, the chair of the House Administration Committee, who introduced the MEGA act and talked to us about what it's intended to achieve earlier this hour.
Congressman Brian Stile (1:08)
I think it's common sense that we should require, for example, photo identification when an individual goes to the polls. I have to do that. If you want to board an airplane, you want to open a bank account, or heck, you want to buy a six pack of beer, you need to show photo identification. So it's common sense. It's popular. This is far from the takeover argument that some are attempting to make. It's putting in baseline standards so that all Americans have confidence our election are being run accurately and fairly.
Karen Moscow (1:37)
That's the chair of the House Administration Committee. We now turn to its ranking member, Congressman Joe Morelli. The Democrat from New York is here with us now on Bloomberg TV and radio. So you just heard your colleague's argument there. Congressman, we appreciate you joining us. What is your response?
Congressman Joe Morelli (1:53)
Well, thanks for having me. Well, it would be one thing if there was any degree of lack of confidence by Americans or there was evidence of fraud in America. None of that is true. Actually, elections come off very well. Local and state election officials do elections incredibly well. What this is really is the chaos and recklessness of the Trump administration, who the president knows. The American people are very, very frustrated and angry. What's happening with the Department of Homeland Security and ice on our city streets. They're very concerned about the lack of affordability and how badly this economy is going. 70% of Americans think the economy is in worse direction than it was when Donald Trump became president. This is really A misdirection. It's a way, as the President has said. He says the quiet part out loud, a way to seize American elections, to nationalize them, take that power away from the states and give voter data to the Department of Homeland Security. I don't know of anybody in America who thinks it's a good idea to give Secretary Noem access to private information that you supply when you register to vote. So I understand what my colleagues are saying, but this is really a misdirection play, and it's very, very frightening because Americans don't want their election and their midterms taken away from them.