"It is absolutely essential that for a democratic republic to function well, the foundation has to function well."
"Is the argument about or the discussion of election fraud--the cover story today for blocking the political power of black Americans and other citizens from minority communities."
"I referred to many of these changes as being done in the spirit of Jim Crow laws that existed prior to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act."
"I was thinking about how historians look at an 80 year period in which the only thing that was blocked by extended debate in the filibuster were laws to protect the voting rights and political power o..."
"We have zero cases in Oregon and Oregon initiated vote by mail."
"I mean, that is really the type of fraud I am talking about and that has a huge impact."
"When our Committee went down to Georgia, Senator Klobuchar and I listened to stories about people waiting, I think five hours was one testimony."
"What is the purpose of this effort to undermine election systems when they are actually working well?"
"shouldn't we talk a lot about the fraud conducted on Election Day?"
"Yes, it`s very troubling for our democracy. You think about that ancient saying about the senate`s the world`s greatest deliberative body, yet we have evolved through a change of culture where the min..."
"I think that in this time of national reckoning with the challenge of Black Lives Matter..."