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I think that a vote is a kind of prayer for the kind of world we desire for ourselves and for our children.

There should be 100 votes to make it easier for Americans to make their voices heard in our democracy.

We are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we`ve ever seen since the Jim Crow era.

Mitch McConnell should listen to the people, not to the lobbyists whispering in his ear, not to the pollsters whispering in his ears -- to the people.

Mitch McConnell doesn`t scare anybody these days. We`ll see if Mitch McConnell can hold on to his leadership of his Republican conference.

I think there`s broad consensus within the Democratic caucus in the U.S. Senate that we may need to revise senate rules in order to govern.

Georgia has been rocked by these appalling acts of murder and violence. Whatever the suspect's motive... the Asian-American community in Georgia, the Asian-American community across the country is reeling, is deeply concerned and feeling…

Elections have consequences. This was never about team blue or team red putting points on the board. This was about how good policy can improve daily life for the American people.

Mr. President, before I begin my formal remarks, I want to pause to condemn the hatred and violence that took eight precious lives last night in metropolitan Atlanta.

As a Black man in America, I understand what it's like to be targeted because of how you look.

The correlation between the rise of xenophobic and racist rhetoric by President Trump and his Republican Party supporters and the dramatic and alarming rise in violence against Asian Americans is not coincidental.

Whether the massacre in Atlanta was sex based or race based, it was hate based and directed at Asian women.

I appreciate the opportunity to filibuster, even though we are not in the Senate.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and that tragedy makes this conversation and others that we are having here in Congress all the more timely, because two of the spa shootings happened in my district, not far from my home.

So, let’s be clear. I’m not here today to spiral into the procedural argument regarding whether the filibuster in general has merits or has outlived its usefulness. I’m here to say that this issue is bigger than the filibuster.

We did it by telling them a story about their power. That if they wanted relief from COVID, if they wanted access to voting rights, if they want criminal justice reform that is real, if they want policing reform -- these are the things…

Some politicians did not approve of the choice made by the majority of voters in a hard-fought election in which each side got a chance to make its case to the voters. And rather than adjusting their agenda. Rather than changing their…

It is a contradiction to say we must protect minority rights in the Senate, while refusing to protect minority rights in the society.