Political Quotes

“I am here to talk about voting rights today, and I actually am delighted that you are in the Chair, my colleague from Colorado, because over many years you have had so much to do with the fact that Colorado has the second-highest turnout of any State in the country--76 percent--because of what we have done, Republicans and Democrats and unaffiliated voters working together, to make sure that Coloradans can cast their ballots. I am tired, as I am sure you are, of hearing our colleague from Minnesota come down here, Senator Klobuchar, and say that Minnesota is No. 1 in voting, which they are. They have more than 76 percent of the people that vote, but I think we will catch them, and maybe we will catch them this year. But the reason why we have such a high turnout is because of things that we have put in place working in a bipartisan way. And when the Presiding Officer was the Governor of Colorado, you know, that was when, really, we moved to the mail-in ballot system that we have, completely fraud free and a delight, especially for people living in rural areas, where it is hard to get to the ballot box sometimes. And so thank you for helping create a model for the country as we debate this bill in front of us. In fact, much of what this bill does-- I will get to the bill in a minute--is reflective of the work that we have done in Colorado. Mr. President, you came here during a difficult time, I would say, for our democracy.…”