Transcript (en)

This chamber would be in an uproar. We'd hear of little else. If China stole the banking information of 220 million Americans, Congress would cancel its recess. It would do nothing until it had solved the problem. But somehow, we're expected to just shrug our shoulders and do nothing when they target the American voter, when they target that which is most uniquely, sacredly given to American citizens. The exclusive right to vote as an American citizen is the quintessential ingredient. It's the telltale sign. It's the without which not, the sine qua non of the American citizenship experience. And we're supposed to just ignore it because they targeted the American voter. No, sir, not on my watch. We're not going to just ignore that. We cannot. Consistent with our oaths to uphold, protect, and defend the Constitution, which every one of us has taken the same oath in this chamber, we can't simply ignore it. now