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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

The best way to get all of this stuff is to pass the legislation that the House has already passed and is now pending in the Senate.

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Alejandro Mayorkas
@alejandromayorkas· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

It is critical that intending migrants understand clearly that they will be turned back if they enter the United States illegally, and do not have a basis for relief under our laws.

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Alejandro Mayorkas
@alejandromayorkas· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

We are facing a serious challenge at our southern border. And the challenges of course made more acute and more difficult because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

I think Leader Schumer has got ideas about the process that they’re going to go through to try to convince some Senators who, at this point, seem to be more concerned about the filibuster than about our democracy.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

You know, the best way to get all of this stuff is to pass the legislation that the House has already passed and is now pending in the Senate.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

I am concerned, however, that if we do not pass the For the People Act and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, that we can't get to a point where they will put measures in place that will be irreversible, and that could have…

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

No, I don`t think so. I mean, I`ve known Merrick for, you know, maybe 20, 30, 20, 25 years at this point. I think he is a person that is going to do things by the book. And I think he understands the enormity of what happened and the…

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

Yes. I certainly think that, you know, everybody who was involved in that matter, and, I mean, you just -- you can`t look at it. You can`t cabin (ph). You just think that January 6th is the only thing we need to be looking at. We have to…

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

Power cedes nothing without a demand. And we too often underestimate the power that we have as regular American citizens by marching, by protesting, by raising our voices.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

I do feel a certain sense of cautious optimism that we can have a carve-out of the filibuster to allow the passage of this very important bill.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

If we fight for fairness, if we make sure that we get the number of seats that we are entitled to, both in the state legislature as well as in the House of Representatives on the basis of fair criteria, Democrats and progressives will do…

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

Without that protection, I really fear what you’re going to see happen in states like Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, and Florida in particular, where you got Republican control of both the governorship as well as the state legislature.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

At the end of the day, it’s going to come down to I think a binary choice between passing this pro-democracy bill and defending an arcane Senate procedure that in the past has been used to frustrate civil rights legislation.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

The For the People Act is really a comprehensive pro-democracy bill. It deals with dark money. It deals with voter protection, and it also deals with ending partisan gerrymandering.

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Eric Holder
@ericholder· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

Those numbers should be used in a way that comes up with representative democracy in both our state legislatures as well as the United States House of Representatives.

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Susan Rice
@susanrice· Democratic · DC· Aug 12, 2021

The number of families with kids that don`t have enough to eat dropped by nearly a quarter.

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Amy Coney Barrett
@amyconeybarrett· Independent · DC· Aug 11, 2021

Justice Barrett has declined a request by several students to block Indiana University's mandate. That means the school can legally require students to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 9, 2021

We need to put requirements on people to get vaccine. That's how we're going to get this behind us.

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