Al Franken: “I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.…”

This is an existential threat to our democracy. If we lose our democracy, it`s - we lose everything.

I think this is incredibly dumb. And I do think that --

If they come up with a deal, that will happen.

We have to pass this bill and you can carve out and say for, you know, elections, this is our democracy.