Political Quotes

“if I may respond to the Senator from Maine. I am always interested in working on bipartisan bills and finding common ground. I think my record--and as the Senator knows, we have worked together on a number of things. The fundamental problem with our Democratic friends' approach to election reform is they want to nationalize the election. They want to take the authority away from the States, which is clearly given to the States under the Constitution. But if we can take that off the table and talk about some other areas, we could work together in that area, I would be more than happy to work with my friend from Maine. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.”