Political Quotes

“the authors, the direct opponents of the amendment are not here. I will make the case again, as I tried a week or so ago. I see where we are headed with this. We need to try and find a compromise. Obviously, people feel strongly about this. The debate went on for some time. When Members feel strongly, no matter how you try and resolve it, sometimes you have to go through the vote process to have some clarity. Then a compromise can emerge. That is how this works from time to time. We have all been in that situation at one time or another. Certainly, that is where we find ourselves in this case. I have great respect for how Senator Bond feels. We all bring a very strong local experience to this national debate. He had a very strong, in his view, local experience which provoked his interest in the matter. I respect that. I respect very much the point of view of others that feel there are ways, particularly with statewide voter registration efforts, that we can take major steps to reduce the dangers of fraud or the realities of fraud. The establishment of our Election Commission in this bill will allow on a continuing basis examining the election structures of the country, rather than waiting for a crisis to occur, so we can continue to address matters like this and others we have not considered in this bill. I had hoped that might occur. I think it will. We can find a way to get together.”