Senate Proceeding on Jul 23rd, 2009 :: 3:47:55 to 3:52:55
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Saxby Chambliss: update their state plans. mr. bennett: colleagues who worked so hard on this legislation. the two i mentioned, chambliss an nelson cornyn. i appreciate their bringing the issue before the i'm proud to support it and look forward passage. the presiding officer: the

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Speech By: Saxby Chambliss

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Saxby Chambliss: senator from georgia. mr. chambliss: mr. president, i rise to express my strong support for amendment 1764 offered by the senator from new york, senator schumer. we have crafted what i consider to be one of the substantive and comprehensive voting overseas reforms that we've seen in years. this a

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Saxby Chambliss: toh issues while taking states' rights into account. in play in may of this year senator bennett was consumed with another issue and asked me to co-chair a hearing with senator schumer on overseas voting. we heard testimony regarding difficulty of military and overseas voting.

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Saxby Chambliss: this amendment addresses some of those concerns and is a significant step toward ens that military an overseas' voters are not disenfranchised. the amendment establishes uniform standardsor the request and delivery of blank balloting material that takes into account all available technologies. it makes sure all overseas voters have time to vote by

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Saxby Chambliss: requiring sta ballots to military an overseas voters at least 45 days before election day. it utilizes expedited mail delivery services for our uniformed members serving overseas ensuring a timely delivery of completed ballots. it establishes a requirement for service secretaries to designate

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Saxby Chambliss: voter registration agencies at military installations to assist with voter registrat avoting assistance officers. it lays the groundwork, together the needed information to continue to improve the overseas absentee voting process. and will help our existing voting oversight organizations gather key

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Saxby Chambliss: help make key decisions ahead of future elections. mr. president, not since the passage of the uniform and overseas voting act in 1986 have we proposed such significant legislation designed to help the men and women of the military who timend time again are and freedoms that we americans

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Saxby Chambliss: hold so sacred. unfortunately our of the most disenfranchised voting blocks we have and today we have the opportunity to correct this. i'm legislation and proud to have been a part of this team that put this amendmenting together. there are 57 other cosponsors which is representative of the strong support for this

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Saxby Chambliss: amendment and significant concern around the country regarding this issue. i want to thank senator schumer and his staff for leading this effort and helping makin making this legislation become a reality. i good friend and colleague, on the senate armed serces committee, for his efforts on this matter. it would not have happened

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Saxby Chambliss: without his strong leadership. i also want to thank senator bennett and his sta strong efforts in putting this -- this bill into proper perspective and making sure all issues were pro and i also want to thank senator cornyn for his leadership over the years on this issue. senator cornyn is not a member

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Saxby Chambliss: of the rules committee, but he has been very engaged o issue over the last several years. his input was there's no question that his support for the amendment and contribution he and his staff made a good amendment a much better one. i want to thank my secretary of

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Saxby Chambliss: state, of the state of georgia, karen handle, also a very valuable asset to us as through the process of putting this bill together, she and her staff were very honest in the feed tbhac we got from them. -- feedback that they got from them.

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Saxby Chambliss: they contributed sensible changes. their contribution will move in the r that every overseas voter wishing to vote will be able to do so. again, mr. president, to my colleague from new york, it's been a pleasure to work on this. and it's one other asset that we can give to our men and women in uniform, and that is to make sure that they have the ability

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Saxby Chambliss: to participate in what we all take for granted, but a very precious right, that being the with that, mr. president, i would yield back. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: senator from new york. mr. schumer: i would just note that this amendment passed unanimously out of the rules committee, which has joint