the department and DOJ, at large, during the Trump administration have, largely, failed to accomplish this task

Mr. Speaker, today, across the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte's brutal regime is using the pretext of a so-called anti- terrorism law to ramp up efforts targeting labor organizers, workers, and political opponents. This law allows suspects…

Your ballot is secure, up against a president who says, 'Get rid of these ballots.'

I want to ask you, and this is really just from constituents who text me, call me. They are fearful for their vote.

they should boldly adhere to their dicta or their--excuse me, their directions or their mission and tell the American people through outreach that that is a secure way of voting

access to the ballot is the right of every eligible citizen

Black lives matter. Black women lives matter.

As we go into a very tumultuous voting period, November 3rd, we need the protectors of the American people in the DOJ.

I hope that we are making that statement.

What should the Voting Rights Section top priorities be right now as we move into an election where the president of the United States said, 'Throw away the ballots?'

we have always--from Texas, we are always in the midst of, unfortunately, voter suppression every election.

Intimidation at the polls by poll watchers in Latinx and African-American polling.

the fact that we have now found ourselves in a situation where people have to question whether or not the Department of Justice is a place that will vindicate civil rights.

I remember clearly in the year 2000 the intimidation, using a database from Texas, of turning away people who had done their time.

We need a real attorney general, someone who can really talk about the reality of what is going on on the streets.

I hope by your statement that we can make this public knowledge and demand the Justice Department to do its job.

What does it mean when you have the leading officer in the Nation, the President, describe Latinx people as drug dealers?

This attorney general has so far refused to allow DOJ to open a pattern or practice investigation into systematic racial discrimination.