WASHINGTON, March 25 -- 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, since we began debate on the SAVE America Act, my Democrat colleagues have spent a lot of time hedging.
"And that's been particularly evident on the issue of voter ID - something that Democrats have spent years decrying as a tool of voter suppression, but are now suggesting they somehow support.
"Democrats can read the polls as well as any of us.
"And I suspect that Democrats are not eager to be seen as on the 20 percent side of an 80-20 issue.
"So they're trying to have their cake and eat it too.
"A...