WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. John Thune issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:
Thune's remarks below (as delivered):
"Mr. President, the truth eventually will get out.
"Democrats have spent the past week or two attempting to hedge on photo ID - to suggest that in fact Democrats actually support photo ID, it's just the rest of the ... SAVE America Act ... that they're concerned about.
"So on Thursday the junior Republican senator from Ohio decided to give them an opportunity to do something about it.
"Not interested in the rest of the SAVE America Act's commonsense proposals?
"Okay, he said.
"And he offered a clean photo ID bill.
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