Political Quotes

“I wanted to point out just a couple of items about this motion to recommit, and I do respect the gentleman from New Jersey and his intentions. But this does eliminate provisions to improve list maintenance, and this is something that we all have fought very hard for. Democrats and Republicans from across the country want to make sure that they have the best voter lists possible and that they are in the best condition possible. That was a bipartisan request. This would eliminate the provisions to improve list maintenance. Also, unless I have read this wrong, this also would deal with the issue of accessibility at the polling places. We are talking about 200,000 polling places, and this theory that was brought forward in committee on the basis of what this motion to recommit is about was discussed in the committee. No one could even give us an estimate of the billions and billions of dollars. Also, I would raise this issue: are we going to use taxpayers' dollars, then, to fund something the private sector should do, if one votes at a mall or a church? There are a lot of significant issues to that provision itself.”