DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz said Wednesday he has no intention of withdrawing a proposed new rule that establishes a process for removing voters from registration rolls if they can’t prove citizenship.

The rule drew strong criticism at a public hearing last week in which 40 people spoke against it. Some of the same critics spoke at the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee hearing Wednesday.

Brenda Brink, of Huxley, told the committee that Schultz is pursuing a problem that no one has proven exists.