Democratic Members of the Senate and House of Representatives Hold a News Conference On the Voter Id Requirement Bill

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Democratic Members of the Senate and House of Representatives Hold a News Conference On the Voter Id Requirement Bill

DEMOCRAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE VOTER ID REQUIREMENT BILL

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY (D-MA)

U.S. SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD (D-CT)

U.S. SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D-NY)

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE LINDA SANCHEZ (D-CA)

[*] CLINTON: Thank you all. I'm delighted to be here with my colleague, Senator Dodd -- Senator Kennedy will be joining us, and with our colleagues from the House, Representatives Clyburn and Sanchez.

We are here united behind a very simple principle. We actually believe in making democracy work better for America, not just for one political party or the other.

There are certain values that should be sacrosanct, you know, that transcend politics and partisanship. And those are really at the core of our constitutional democracy. And that is the unimpeded, undeterred, untaxed, unrestricted right to vote.

CLINTON: You know, in the Senate and in the House, people standing before you have stood on the shoulders of giants who came before us to open up the right to vote to every single citiz...

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