Political Quotes

“I speak with great reluctance in opposition to the amendment of the Senator from Kansas. I misidentified his State last evening. I apologize. I appreciate the motivations behind this. Let me first say there is nothing in this bill that creates an unfunded mandate. One of the things we have provided for in this bill is that every requirement must be paid for by the Federal Government. That is very important to us. We realize if we asked otherwise, we would in fact be doing just what the Senator from Kansas has suggested. But that is simply not the case. We are saying with regard to provisional voters--these are some of the most disadvantaged voters in the sense of where they live and their circumstances, economic and otherwise--if you show up to vote and there is a question about whether or not you have the right to vote, this bill is going to give you the right to cast a provisional ballot. If at the end of that process it is discovered you don't have the right to vote, we are saying that the state and local officials must notify that voter so they don't come back and show up the next time as a provisional voter and their vote doesn't count again.”