Chuck Schumer: “there are so many issues Senate Republicans could be working with us on this week that Americans actually care about.…”

“there are so many issues Senate Republicans could be working with us on this week that Americans actually care about. Republicans could focus on whether Americans can afford groceries or on lowering healthcare premiums or bringing down childcare costs or fixing our power grid. But what have MAGA Republicans chosen to focus on this week? Voter suppression. That is what the Republican Senate is wasting our time on, pushing a voter suppression bill that most Americans do not support--a bill that appeals to only the most fringe element of the MAGA base. If this is the path our Republican colleagues want to take, Democrats are ready. We will hold the line to ensure the forces of voter suppression do not win the day. We will debate this bill for as long as Republicans want because the more time we spend on this bill, the more Senate Democrats will expose it for what it really is. I heard our Senator from Utah last night talk on the floor, and he talked--the times I heard him--about having an ID when you go to vote. This SAVE Act is not about voter ID. In fact, the original bill didn't even have a sentence about voter ID, and they had to put it in at the last minute so it could meet their subterfuge argument. Democrats support commonsense voter ID, but this bill is not that-- not at all. So don't lie and make it seem like that is the purpose of this bill, because it isn't.”