Political Quotes

“let me at the outset commend my colleague, Senator Dodd. This was an amazingly difficult issue to tackle because when he decided to tackle it, America was in flames over the last Presidential election. There were strong feelings among Democrats and Republicans about the outcome of that election and the decision of the Supreme Court. In America, it seemed for weeks that there were abuses of the election, and we heard charges and countercharges. Frankly, I think the Senator stepped in where angels fear to tread and came up with an excellent piece of legislation which I am more than happy to cosponsor. In fact, I am proud to cosponsor it. I commend the Senator because I know this piece of legislation doesn't embody everything he wants nor everything the cosponsors want. But it is his best good-faith effort to put forward a bill which will significantly change and significantly improve elections across America. For that, I not only commend him but I think he has done a great public service to this Nation. The fact that several Republican Senators have stood up in support of this effort--I hope there will be many who will vote for it--is evidence that we can solve problems in America. And certainly the Senate should be in the forefront of solving the problem and basically making certain that the right of Americans to vote is protected.”