Political Quotes

“I think probably enough has been said about this issue, but I wanted to dovetail on some of the comments made by the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules, who put a lot of time and effort and testified at the Committee on House Administration on this issue. An election conducted within the 45-day time frame, I would be the first to admit, and I said it earlier, would undoubtedly present challenges and would present some difficulties for State and local election officials more so than would an election conducted under certain normal circumstances; and in a perfect world we would like to provide as much time as necessary for election officials to prepare for an election and the electorate to make informed choices about candidates. Election officials all over this country on both side of the aisle work very hard. I think all of us have viewed on election day the activities of these officials. They are hard workers, and I believe that under a crisis situation they will step up, they will perform, but again, I state, in a crisis situation.”