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These are the same tired tricks. We might not be counting jellybeans in a jar, Lawrence, but they’re looking for the same end result. To keep people who look like me away from the ballot box.

This is not a regular bill going through. This is literally the right to vote.

The American people are on our side, Lawrence. And people are standing up and making sure that senators understand they don’t care about a procedural vote or a procedural move to get it passed through.

This is that good trouble that Congressman Lewis told us sometimes we have to be willing to speak up, to stand up when we see something that is not fair and not just.

Tonight, the Republican governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, has signed into law a sweeping, staggering bill that undoes much of what constitute free and fair elections in the state of Georgia.

Significant reforms to our state elections were needed. There`s no doubt there were many alarming issues with how the election was handled. And those problems understandably led to the crisis of confidence in the ballot box here in Georgia.

Our democracy is in a 911 emergency. And I’m not about to be stopped or stymied by debates about Senate rules. It’s a contradiction for us to say we must protect minority rights in the Senate, while right now here in Georgia, they’re…

So, you are literally going to make public policy based on a lie, based on the feeling that some people have that things didn’t turn out the way they should have turned out? Is that how we make public policy? We counted the votes not once…

I hope that our bipartisan bill to fix the Victims of Crime Act funding will give meaningful support to those who really, really need it.

I know the pain of losing a son to senseless gun violence, and there are just absolutely no words that can bring back your son.

I tried to go back to work, but if I work more than X number of hours, I lose my Social Security benefits.

I hope everybody on this committee will recognize how the Tax Code works against our people that are hurt in combat.

I appreciate that, and thank you, Ms. Criswell. I enjoyed the conversation that we had, discussing some of the most urgent concerns in Georgia, when it comes to emergency management.

Food insecurity, lack of access to health care, particularly in States that have yet to expand Medicaid, larger issues around health, including obesity, all part of a network of care that we address by expanding Medicaid.

The ball is in the court of the legislature.

Georgia Republicans’ shameful efforts to suppress the vote and seize electoral power through SB-202 demonstrate how critical the fight is -- for voting rights remains. Every business, political and civic leader must stand up and make their…

According to them, if you support voter I.D. for absentee ballots, you`re a racist. According to them, if you believe in protecting the security and sanctity of the ballot box, you`re a -- quote - - "Jim Crow in a suit and tie."

And just to continue to honor the legacy of the loved one that they`ve lost and know that we`re fighting as hard as we can out here in Congress to make sure that we`re honoring their lives with gun safety legislation.