Political Quotes

“Looking back on this work period, it is a shame that the Senate, once again, has made no progress--none--on the issue of election security. Only a week ago, Special Counsel Mueller called Russia interference one of the greatest threats to democracy he has seen in his career, a threat that he said continues ``as we sit here.'' Despite Mueller's warning--a warning echoed by prominent Republicans, Trump appointees, such as FBI Director Wray, Director Coats, and our entire Senate Intelligence Committee led by Richard Burr, a colleague of ours--Leader McConnell has not brought election security to the floor. In fact, he has blocked Democratic requests for a debate on election security, dismissing our ideas as a ``partisan wish list.'' That is political rhetoric to avoid a problem that shouldn't be partisan at all. Using paper ballots is not partisan. Making sure that our election machines are safe from hacking is not partisan. Giving the States resources to better manage their elections is not partisan. That is American. Our elections are sacrosanct and these are commonsense, widely agreed-upon reforms that will make our elections safer, particularly in this dangerous new world where powers that have malice toward the United States--Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea--can use new technology to reach into our election structure. This is not 1940 or even 2005. We need to strengthen our election security, and it should not be a partisan issue.…”