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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

A lot of people in my district don't have copy machines in their homes.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

Perhaps this here is the fear, fear that we will build the kind of political power that is just.

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jan 19, 2022

my Democratic colleagues are continuing what started last week, with spending hours trying to convince Members of their own party, both here in this Chamber and across the country, that they had no choice but to blow up the Senate rules by…

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

the last Voting Rights Act we had in 2006 was named for Fannie Lou Hamer, Mr. Johnson, for Rosa Parks, for Barbara Jordan, and Cesar Chavez, and other great civil rights leaders.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

An elected government that does not accurately reflect the participation of American voters, all American voters, regardless of race, is no true democracy.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

If we are to remain a true democracy, we must resist attempts to poison our election machinery with partisan interests that disenfranchise minority voters.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

He wants to weaken voting rights because it will help him win. It's that simple.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

Yet, this time, we have been met with total obstruction. The problem is not one Senator from West Virginia. The problem is a political party--the Republican party--that has given in to cynicism and adopted the worst arguments of those who…

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Diana Harshbarger
@dianaharshbarger· Republican · TN· Jan 19, 2022

numerous polls recently have shown that an overwhelming majority of Americans support common-sense election security measures, like voter ID laws, including 77 percent of Black voters, 78 percent of Hispanic voters

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

the importance of it is serious about the Voting Rights Act and the place where our democracy presently rests in jeopardy.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

Michael Carvin, representing the Arizona Republican Party in the Supreme Court, gave away the game when he boldly admitted this position in open court.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Jan 19, 2022

let's hope the filibuster does not kill democracy.

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jan 14, 2022

We have spent enough time and money trashing a good man and his name.

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jan 14, 2022

It has been made public that he has a rap sheet with a laundry list of citations, including multiple failures to appear in court in Tennessee. We expect our judges to respect the law, not disregard it. If Mr. Mathis thought he was above…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Jan 12, 2022

the Senate is, indeed, a peculiar institution. Despite what some might expect, and despite how it might be portrayed from the outside, Senators genuinely strive to be collegial, even when--especially when--they hold strong political and…

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Jan 12, 2022

the Senator from Missouri is exactly right. We are going to hear so much about this, and the reason is, as the American people hear about this so-called election bill, what they are realizing is, it is not something that is going to make…

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Jan 11, 2022

I think we need to use our position to emphasize the advantages of engaging and doing business with U.S. companies

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· Jan 11, 2022

This is not surprising, and I am sorry to cut you short but it is not surprising. It is actually very typical of the way the CCP behaves in this sort of environment, particularly these Belt and Road projects. They are predatory, they are…

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