they not only hurt Black people, Brown people, and indigenous people, but they also hurt poor White people.
Our democracy cannot continue half-slave and half-free.
This legislation in Texas would strip the ability of Harris County to do that.
We can't win if everybody votes.
We can't just fold up our hands and give it to the State legislators because, if we did that, we know we would be back in Jim Crow times.
This mechanism ensures that the new voting rules and practices in jurisdictions with a history of discrimination were fair to all voters.
The Voting Rights Act with an effective preclearance provision went a long way towards righting that wrong.
This is why Congress had repeatedly reauthorized the pre-clearance provision on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis.
so we at least have a shot at winning.
China is more than doubling, according to reports, their nuclear inventory.
I am apprehensive that, if we are not careful, we will make an irreversible decision that will leave the Nation without the capabilities it ...
We have allowed our nuclear deterrent to atrophy.
As we enter into moving forward with the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act], it is going to be incredibly important for your testimon...
I will dispense with an opening statement, but let me just record my worry about the personnel impacts of moving the headquarters to Huntsvi...
Russia has undertaken the exotics with Skyfall, the nuclear-powered cruise missile that is supposed to orbit the Earth.
Your testimony of validating the threat, the diminishing nature of our deterrent, and the critical aspect of our pursuing modernization is g...
The President pledged an administration of unity, but sadly, it has begun with a legislative strategy of division.
I have legislation with Congresswoman Pressley and Senator Warren to declare racism as a public health issue.
