Political Quotes

“As has been said, it is a simple, straightforward, bipartisan, but very important measure to urge all of the States, with the utmost seriousness and focus, to look at their election laws and ensure that special elections would happen as expeditiously as possible, particularly in the event of a disaster that killed many House Members at once. Of course, this resolution today highlights one of the many issues that our working group has been focused on, and, in fact, the central one, which is how do we replenish the House of Representatives quickly in such a horrible catastrophe. As has been said, the U.S. Constitution is very clear: House vacancies can only be filled, under the present constitutional terms, by an election. Sometimes, as has also been said, in different States where State law applies, that can take a very long time, maybe up to 6 months; so we want all of the State legislatures, all of the Governors, to look at their State law very clearly, in a very focused way, and move as quickly as possible to make sure their State law makes that happen as quickly as possible, particularly in the event of mass deaths.”