Mazie Hirono actually said...

"The Court struck down bipartisan laws limiting campaign contributions that went back more than a century and opened a flow of money and potential corruption that has dominated our politics."

"Taken together, these two decisions, Citizens United and Shelby County, have made it harder for millions of Americans to have their voices heard in our elections process."

"Well, clearly, elections have an impact on the composition of the Court because we have you. We do not have Judge Merrick Garland."

"We have seen the tremendous, in my view, damage the Court can do to our political process when it tilts the electoral process so heavily against ordinary Americans."