Marsha Blackburn: “my mom would always say: You know, it is not a good sign if you are doing the same thing over and over and expecting a…”

“my mom would always say: You know, it is not a good sign if you are doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. My colleagues have sought several times, under the guise of election security, to circumvent going to the Rules Committee and trying to bring these bills to the floor. It is important to note that the legislation they are bringing would do something that most people, especially people in Tennessee, tell me they do not want to see happen. What it would do is take away authority from your local election commission, your State election commission, and then vest that authority with the Federal Government. Federalizing our elections, in my opinion, would actually make them less secure. Is there anybody who thinks the Federal Government is going to do a better job of administering an election in Williamson County, TN, where I live and where I have served on the election commission? The answer would be ``of course, not.'' They know that their friends and neighbors who served on those entities would do a better job. I must also remind my colleagues that every single Member--Democrat, Republican, and Independent; every Member of the Senate--agrees that foreign meddling in our Nation's business is a problem. For decades, foreign nations have sought to meddle in our affairs in the physical space. Ought we to have expected them to try this in the virtual space? It ought not have come as a surprise to us.…”