Political Quotes

“I thank, first of all, as I see him leave the floor, the Senator from Illinois, for his very strong statement. I am going to echo a lot of the same things. I thank him for his continued leadership. And, of course, I know we are going to hear from Senator Coons shortly and Senator Blumenthal, but a lot of the efforts go to Senator Klobuchar with her leadership on the Senate Rules Committee. These issues around election security go back to the first bipartisan effort immediately after 2016, the Honest Ads Act. It is unfortunate that we are now heading into the election--126 days, I believe, left-- and this body has still not voted on a single stand-alone election bill, even though we have seen the Russian interference of 2016 and even though we know that Russia and other countries are back. I think history will judge those who prevented those votes from happening if we see the kind of potential disruption this fall that we saw in 2016. Today, I am here to join Senator Klobuchar and Senator Blumenthal, as well, to make sure that everybody has the right to vote in November and that they are able do it in a safe and secure way. As Senator Durbin said, from Wisconsin to Georgia, to Kentucky, we are seeing a dangerous trend where too many voters are having to choose between their safety and their right to vote.…”