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I have stayed throughout the hearing, because I wanted to hear from each one of you because this issue is very important to me.

I agree this youth epidemic requires congressional attention, and I want to make sure our children are not initiating nicotine products that can lead to lifelong addictions.

I have serious concerns with the proposed legislation today and the intended and unintended consequences that could result from its enactment.

There is only one youth epidemic right now, and it is in e-cigarettes.

We have to find ways of intervening in people's lives to prevent violence and find solutions to problems that in the greater society are often ignored.

Democrats in the House recognize this crisis, and we are determined--yes, we are--we are determined to take some action.

For too long, Madam Chair, we have handcuffed the Federal Government from researching the affliction of gun violence in America.

The gun violence epidemic in America can no longer be ignored. We must treat this epidemic for what it is.

The reason for that was not because someone wanted to punish Arizona, but that meant, before 1972, there was a history predating 1972 of severe voter discrimination.

It was days after I finished high school, August 6, 1965. A very powerful law.

Tribes have limited resources; and they shouldn't be shouldered with the burden to bring cases to ensure that the right to vote is protected.

This is a very important proceeding here today.

We are collecting evidence as we travel the country that will be entered into the Congressional record.

This is a Congressional hearing. As I say in all of these hearings across the country, this is not a political maneuver.

These are American citizens, living in Arizona, who have completed their obligation to the court system, who are not allowed to vote.

Section 2 is a very powerful instrument. It is a very expensive instrument, but it is very powerful.

Only in Washington, D.C., is spending $160 billion more on defense a cut. The gentlewoman from Texas is talking like we have cut the defense. We are spending $160 billion more over a 2-year period. Ask the military men and women if they…

Okay. So what I am saying here is under previous regimes--