03/19/2012
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"Watergate was cited as an example of corruption of the system, although there was nothing in Watergate that would have been prevented or made illegal by the 1975 Act."
"The confirmation bill is a good bill for the Senate, and Senator Schumer and I are going to meet with the White House Director of Personnel and encourage them to clean up and make more orderly the exe..."
"Our election system leaves responsibility for running elections in the hands of state and local officials."
"I look forward to the legislation that we all worked on together to strengthen the Senate in two ways."