Political Quotes

“I certainly do not disagree with what he wants to do. Let me make the case again. One is, nothing in this legislation, in fact, prohibits any State from making a decision requiring this equipment and notifying voters of an overvote. In fact, in Cook County there is a court order that requires that very result. Other States may do the same. Again, I make the point to my colleagues, this was putting together a bill with a lot of different features to get a bipartisan product. Unlike the other body, the Rules Committee in the Senate does not control the debate and whether there are no amendments. They just bring the product out and you vote for or against it. Here we have already dealt with seven or eight amendments, and I have a book thick with amendments people may offer on this issue. Senator Bond, Senator McConnell, and myself tried to work something out that will move us along on some very important underlying provisions. Again, this equipment is not inexpensive. States can apply through the grant program to get the money to buy this equipment. They can put it in place. There is nothing here that prohibits people from doing that whatsoever. In fact, I encourage them to do exactly that.”