Ranking Member Womack on H.R. 1 CBO Score

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House Budget Committee Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a cost estimate for H.R. 1, the For the People Act. Ranking Member Womack last week sent a letter to CBO along with Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) requesting the estimate.

"The CBO confirmed what we already know: H.R.1 upends the core tenets of our electoral system -- taking power away from states and local communities, restricting the constitutional rights of voters, and forcing taxpayers to subsidize candidates that the public may not support. As the CBO report shows, this legislation leaves the door open for lawmakers to direct billions of dollars toward publicly-financed campaign contributions and the government-run infrastructure to support them. As Democratic leaders look to advance H.R. 1, I caution my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to consider the dangerous precedent this proposal sets, not only for our budget, but for the future of our democracy."

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