"We just have a history of trying to do things on a bipartisan basis."
"The Government has a clear, compelling interest in protecting the integrity of the electoral process."
"That cries out right now for the Senate to take a lead, hopefully before the end of the year."
"Senator Hawley and I worked over the last two months on a bill together."
"I want to thank Senator Fischer and the Members of the Committee for the hearing."
"That would pose a problem during an emergency situation like a natural disaster."
"Unchecked, the deceptive use of AI could make it virtually impossible to determine who is truly speaking in a political communication."
"I will point out that while network TVs have some requirements and they take ads down when they find them highly deceptive, that is not going to happen online."
"This gets at materially deceptive ads. This gets at the fake ad showing Donald Trump hugging Dr. Fauci, which was a lie."
"We need guardrails to protect our elections."
"I personally think giving the FEC some clear authority is going to be helpful."