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On the recordMay 7, 2019
let me now talk about something related--the legislative graveyard. Leader McConnell says: Let's move on and work together. There hasn't been a single bill put on the floor on issues we can debate, whether it is protecting preexisting conditions, making our education system better, dealing with the problem of the high cost of drugs, doing infrastructure--nothing. Just appointments have been put on the floor. And nothing has been done on election security at the very minimum. I know the leader is afraid to debate what happened and explore what happened given the tawdry history of certainly President Trump and of Senate Republicans in responding to this serious issue, but at least he could move forward and we could put some bills on the floor and debate them to strengthen our election security, which everyone admits is weak. So if Leader McConnell, as he says, is ready to move on to serious things, then how about bringing forward legislation to protect our elections? For 4 months, the Senate has been little more than a legislative graveyard, and election security is exhibit A. The House passed important reforms to improve and safeguard our elections. No action here in the Senate. We have a bipartisan election security bill waiting in committee. No movement from the leader.…
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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May 7, 2019

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