"part of the problem is we have converted political--political opponents into enemies and everything is a war."
"The reason those threats are being made is that people are being told something that is untrue, that a, there was massive fraud, and b, that election officials were in on the fraud."
"I think what you said is very important because what you said is consistent with everything I have read and heard about voter fraud across the country, and that is it is isolated."
"We need to empower voters to challenge efforts in states to make sure that they are not undermining election results."
"The American people--it would be a great thing for the American people to see Congress working in a bipartisan way to deal with elections."
"I want to make it clear here and now on the record that I, for one, would be very willing and able to enter into constructive discussions with my Republican colleagues on what they would like in the b..."
"I also invite my Republican colleagues to work with us on these commonsense solutions."
"Congress and our--actually the drafters of our Constitution anticipated that the Congress would have a role in making or altering the laws of elections."
"We are trying to set a floor, a national floor for protecting the right to vote and protecting the integrity of the voting system."
"We need to protect against interference in the counting of ballots."
"It is entirely within the authority of Congress, Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution does in fact begin by saying Legislature shall enact voting regulations."