Today, I objected to the seating of my colleagues from six states: AZ, GA, MI, NV, PA, and WI.
It would confound reason if the presidential results of these states were to face objection while the congressional results of the same process escaped public scrutiny.
It would confound reason if the presidential results of these states were to face objection while the congressional results of the same process escaped public scrutiny.
I believe our body should vote on the certification of those members to ensure the integrity of the House of Representatives is guarded from all suspicion of illegitimacy.
While the Constitution and the 12th Amendment do not make Congress the judge of the states’ presidential electors, it does require us to be the arbiters of the elections to this body.
If the electors for the office of the president were not in question, neither would be the election certificates of my colleagues present here today.
The father of our country, George Washington, famously called the Constitution — which his wisdom helped craft and guide to fruition — “the guide which I never will abandon.”
We owe it the same fidelity in this case and all others.
We owe it the same fidelity in this case and all others.
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